WEST BROMWICH ALBION 0 STOKE CITY FC
1
I was not too confident as we
approached this fixture.The Baggies have been going well this
season,particularly at home. Scoring frequently too!
Oh ye of little faith.I should have
known better,after all this is Stoke we are talking about. Having
lost comprehensively at Swansea,WBA did us a favour,making six
changes in all.This led to disjointed dour first half in which the
home side were able to make little headway.
Attacking threat from them was
missing,and this continued into the second period.Begovic had only
two serious saves to make throughout the whole game. Kenwyne Jones,in
for Peter Crouch, had our only chance in the first half,heading
narrowly wide of the WBA post.
We only had one half chance in the
second period,but this one we converted, the goal coming from an
unlikely source. Jon Walters punted a long hopeful ball for Jones to
chase. Olsson has frustrated us over the last couple of years with
some solid defending. On this occasion he panicked. First to the
ball,instead of knodding it to keeper Myhill,he headed it toward the
corner flag. Under challenge from Jones he compounded the error by
kicking the ball down the touchline,where a grateful Kightly picked
it up,before driving into the WBA box. His short incisive pass was
met first time by Whitehead, defenders and keeper given no chance,as
he registered his first goal since January.
And really that was that....3 more
points in the bag,9th spot in the table,above Arsenal and
Liverpool,4 points off a place in Europe.........
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