Relegation-threatened West Bromwich Albion fought back to claim a 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday but failure to win the match at The Hawthorns moved them closer to dropping out of the Premier League.
Mbaye Diagne equalised for the home side after Fabio Silva had handed Wolves the half-time lead in a derby that was hampered by belting rain and swirling wind.
The point moved second-from-bottom West Brom to 26 points, still 10 away from the safety zone with only four games remaining. Wolves remained in 12th spot with 42 points.
West Brom were overwhelmed in the early exchanges, so much so that manager Sam Allardyce took off defender Dara O Shea to beef up the midfield with Matt Phillips after only 33 minutes.
Paper Talk: Glazers out to build bridges with double £168m Man Utd raid
Date published: Wednesday 5th May 2021 8:45 - James Marshment
Manchester United’s owners, the Glazer family, hope an astonishing £168m double deal will supress fan frustration, while Wednesday’s transfer gossip has news of a Mauricio Pochettino raid on Tottenham and Leeds United links to a Holland U21 winger.
KANE, SANCHO SUBJECT OF MAN UTD APPROACHES
Under-pressure Manchester United owners the Glazer family are ready to sanction a huge summer of spending in an attempt to quash fan fury.
Tensions between United fans and their owners, the Glazers, has rarely been higher. The club are badly in debt and efforts to join the failed European Super League went down like a cup of cold sick.
Honours even at Hawthorns as West Brom edge closer to Championship
Date published: Monday 3rd May 2021 7:56 - Neil Foster
A goal from Mbaye Diagne was not enough as West Brom slipped closer to relegation after a draw with Wolves at the Hawthorns.
Diagne pounced in the second period after Fabio Silva had fortuitously given Wolves a half-time lead. But it was not enough and games are now running out for an escape act.
Wolves made the brighter start in pouring rain but chances early on were few and far between. On 11 minutes Vitinha’s corner found Romain Saiss at the back post but his header was comfortably saved by Sam Johnstone.
Ed-Seth: Bumped from the message board. Original thread here.
I don’t think one of these has been posted in a while and the last few days have been pretty good for the USMNT, so I thought now was as good of a time as any. Usually there are at least a handful of people interested.
One cool stat, as of 5 days ago, is that in the top 5 leagues of Europe, the United States is:
- 5th in minutes played u20 players (ahead of Italy, one of the countries that has a top 5 league)
- 6th in minutes played by u21 players
Victory for them would boost their battle against demotion, albeit, both teams settled for a point each.
Knowing what is at stake, the hosts began the game on an electrifying note and their dominance saw them earn a corner kick in the first 10 minutes through Darnell Furlong. Unfortunately, the resulting kick was comfortably saved by goalkeeper Rui Patricio.
For the visiting Wolves, they were calm in possession trying to work an opportunity but West Brom did well restricting the away side to shots from distance.
In the 31st minute, Nelson Semedo sneaked in to take the ball off Semi Ajayi on the edge of the Baggies’ penalty box.