winning performance against Aston Villa when they
face Norwich City in the League Cup.
Following the 1-0 derby win over Aston Villa, Darren Fletcher
believes West Brom have set themselves a benchmark ahead of
Wednesday's League Cup third-round clash against Norwich
City.
Tony Pulis' men ran-out winners at Villa Park courtesy of Saido
Berahino's goal – the striker's first for the club since claiming
he would not play for West Brom again under chairman Jeremy
Peace following the denial of his transfer request.
Norwich, on the other hand, fought back to earn a deserved 1-1
draw against Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, and Fletcher
said that nothing less than matching the level of performance
against Villa will be good enough to secure progression to the
fourth round.
"This is the standard that we need to set for ourselves now. This
is the way the manager wants us to play," Fletcher, who won the
League Cup during in his time at Manchester United, told the
West Brom website.
"We've been finding it hard to strike that balance between
keeping clean sheets and being defensively solid but also being
a threat.
"But I think we struck that balance perfectly at Villa. Those are
the standards that we need to meet going forward if we want to
have a good season, and we have to do that at Norwich."
Meanwhile, Norwich manager Alex Neil believes that the
Liverpool result has given his side the confidence to go on and
prove their quality.
"The most pleasing thing for me was how attacking we were in
the Liverpool game at times. We posed a real threat going
forward," he said.
"As I said to the team, I believed we could come to Anfield and
do something, but the biggest thing is they have to believe it.
"We're getting to that stage now where we believe that we're a
good team."
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