West Brom boss Sam Allardyce says they've lacked a "natural goalscorer" after defeat to Crystal Palace.
Allardyce admits chances of staying up are now slim.
He said, "You don't fear the worst when you out-play the opposition and arrive in their area twice as many times. We had twice as many crosses and twice as many shots. But we had 12 shots and only one on target.
"That shows what our problems have been. We ended up losing to a penalty. I have no complaints about the penalty. I think it was a penalty. Left frustrated for the players' efforts not being rewarded and that's a consistent analysis from me. It was our lack of finishing in the end.
"Everybody will have a say or a talk or a chat about it, but at the end of the day you need a natural goalscorer. When you have one, he finds the way to be in the right areas and he doesn't need more than one opportunity to score. I think lots of teams in the area that we are in find that's their problem. That makes life very difficult for you.
"Everything about what we're doing now - we're defending superbly well and our football leading up to the final third is excellent. Our balls into the box maybe could be better but they are coming and the chances are there. We need more responsibility to not only score, but to hit them on target. When you keep missing the target that's the most disappointing thing for me.
"There's 27 points available and 20 needed. We can only really afford to drop seven points. It's a massive mountain to climb for us. Everybody knows that."
