I’m all mixed up over win – Corberan
HEAD coach Carlos Corberan had mixed feelings after Albion’s biggest FA Cup win for nearly eight years set up an all-Championship tie at Bristol City in the fourth round.
A late thigh injury to substitute Matt Phillips tempered Corberan’s mood with a crucial game at leaders Burnley tomorrow (Friday) night.
“In some ways we played well, in some ways we played poorly,” said the Spaniard. “The best thing was the result; the worst thing was the injury to Phillips. I hate this.
“He felt something in his quadricep muscle that didn’t allow him to stay in the game. He will have it looked at but we’re missing some players in attack now, such as (Brandon) Thomas-Asante (suspended), (Karlan) Grant and now Phillips.
“So we have to find a solution. Sometimes you have these things and you have to adapt.
“We made the decision to give Phillips those minutes and John
Swift more minutes because he hasn’t played as much as Phillips, and to keep going in the cup. This is what we wanted to do.”
Corberan was delighted with Swift’s contribution and said: “He’s a very special player. He has a lot of qualities and talent.
“He can unbalance any game with his passes and the last action he has, whether that be his set-pieces or his finishing.
“So he’s a very important player and the closer he is to the highest level, the better for us.”
Chesterfield assistant manager Danny Webber said: “We were very disappointed with the four goals.
“We played some really good stuff at times but should have pulled the trigger earlier.
“After you don’t beat a team like West Brom in the first game, the replay is always going to be tough, but if they carved us open and scored four we could live with it a bit more.
“The manner of conceding the goals, whether it was West Brom or a team from our league, was a bit of a sickener. When you make mistakes against these teams, they do punish you. But hopefully we can look back on promotion at the end of the season.’’