Mikey Johnston says Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Watford is a “massive” result.
Mikey made it 2-0 to the hosts on the hour after Karlan Grant had given the Baggies an early lead at The Hawthorns – both players finding the net for the first time in 2025.
The win keeps Albion in the play-off picture with four Sky Bet Championship matches remaining and the winger says the squad knew just how crucial the encounter was.
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Johnston said: “It’s a massive three points for us. We knew coming into today that we needed to win.
“We know we definitely need to win the next few games too. We showed a lot of character today and we should’ve scored a lot more goals and put the game to bed a lot earlier.
“I feel like we’ve been hard done by in the last few weeks to be honest. There have been games that have been going in our favour or in the balance and we’ve gone on to lose them.
“That’s down to not scoring goals. Today, we created a lot of chances. We need to keep doing that going forward.
“It was a nice moment for me to score, but the main emotion I felt was probably relief.
“I feel like I’m doing the right things in training every single day and I know I’m a good finisher. I know if I keep arriving in the right areas I’m going to score goals.
“I could’ve had a few more. I think I was unlucky with the one Alex Mowatt touched to me – I think the boy cleared it off the line.
“Again, I feel like I’m trying to do the right things and create chances too. On another day, maybe, I could’ve had more, but I’m just happy to get the goal.
“It’s easy playing with Tom when he’s in those sorts of areas because he’s predictable. I know where to go and I know he’ll find me. Tom’s great to play with.
“We’ve got four massive games to go now and we know we need to pick up as many points as possible.”
