Supersub Gary Hart set up Albion’s second goal and admitted: “We needed that.”

Hart got his first outing since September and immediatey set up what turned out to be the winner by Lloyd Owusu.

He revealed: “We’ve got a tendency to let late goals in and we knew we needed the second.

“It was a long time coming. We backed off a little bit but we got the 2-0 and it was lucky we did.”

Albion are now closing in on safety and Hart added: “We’re buzzing and that’s what we needed. Now the confidence will grow.”