West Brom 2 Southampton 3 - Player ratings

Ben Foster

Nothing he could have done about the first two goals, and he claimed crosses well, but he left too much of a gap for James Ward-Prowse to aim at with his wall. 6/10

Craig Dawson

Struggled to deal with Boufal and misplaced almost half of his passes. Stopped Southampton scoring a fourth with an important toe. 5/10

Gareth McAuley

Won seven headers at the back but lost Carrillo on too many occasions. Captain for the day, and kept going until the end, but lack of pace showed. 5/10

Ahmed Hegazi

Scored early on with a towering header and did well to cover some of his fellow defenders, but he and McAuley are too slow a partnership. 6/10

Allan Nyom

Put in a couple of decent crosses early on with his weaker foot but was defensively suspect and unable to steal the ball off Southampton. 5/10

Matt Phillips

Perhaps the attention on his midweek challenge on Brahim Diaz affected him, because his weak tackle in the build-up to Southampton’s first goal was disappointing. Looked like building a good partnership with Sturridge early on, but tailed off dramatically. 5/10

Claudio Yacob

Brought in for Krychowiak but lacked the same energy. Left Barry too much to do and allowed too many pockets of space to emerge. 4/10

Gareth Barry

Picked up an early booking that hampered him from then on. Unable to get near Lemina, and tired towards the end. 5/10

Chris Brunt

May have misplaced the odd pass, but he set up both goals with typically brilliant deliveries, sent Sturridge through for his best chance, tested McCarthy with one free-kick, and nearly scored with another clever one under the wall. 7/10

Daniel Sturridge

Showed flashes of potential with lightning-quick feet and a couple of times he rolled his defender, but did not test McCarthy. 6/10

Salomon Rondon

Even though his goal came off his shoulder, the Venezuelan deserved a slice of luck after another battling performance. Pardew is obviously a fan, and he’s likely to keep his place after this. 7/10

Substitutes

Oliver Burke (Yacob 62)

Caught the eye with his pace, and was unlucky the ball ran away from him when he nearly went through on goal. 6/10

Jay Rodriguez (Sturridge 62)

Too much to do by the time he came on. 6/10

James McClean (Nyom 77)

Misplaced the odd pass. 5/10

Unused: Myhill, Jameson, Field, Harper.