Alex Mowatt says Carlos Corberan will not let West Brom standards drop

Mowatt’s double equalled the number of goals he scored in the whole of last season and included his first goal from open play for nearly a year.

“I don’t think I’ve scored two since I was 19 at Leeds,” Mowatt, who scored 13 times in three-and-a-half years at the Yorkshire club, said.

“I didn’t score enough last season and I want to be scoring a lot more regularly. Hopefully the goals can keep coming.”

Key to that, Mowatt says, is his current role in the Baggies’ fluid midfield alongside John Swift and Jayson Molumby, where his slightly withdrawn role is helping him influence play more.

“All three of us are different in our own ways and we try to bring the best out of each other,” he said.

“Jayson’s a bit higher and I’m deeper and I get a lot more of the ball.

“Me and Swifty come deeper and try to control the game a bit more. Jayson’s that energy in there – he gets forward and wins all the second balls and does all the dirty work so me and Swifty can get on the ball.”