West Brom

Live updates, analysis and post-match reaction from the Hawthorns as Blackburn Rovers travel to West Brom in the Championship.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Blackburn Rovers' trip to West Brom. We'll bring you all the action, highlights and post-match reaction so stay tuned. Home goalkeeper David Button dropped a couple of clangers and Tomasson will be hoping his side can exploit some potential nerves in the back line.

Where to watch West Brom vs Blackburn Rovers Championship game, plus kick-off time & team news.

Tomasson has no major injury concerns in his squad. [WBA TV](https://www.wba.co.uk/video/packages). N/A

West Brom's Jayson Molumby (second right) headed his side in front for his second goal of 2023Ben Brereton Diaz smashed in a late free-kick to end his ...

86'Post update Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner. 88'Post update West Bromwich Albion 1, Blackburn Rovers 1. 90'+3'Post update 90'+5'Post update

Albion were robbed of a club record home victory and return to winning ways as Blackburn's Ben Brereton Diaz thumped in an 89th-minute free-kick.

He grew into the contest and was a bustling presence both deeper and in a bid to join attacks. It was a bold call from the head coach to hand Griffiths a senior bow for the under-fire David Button and the academy graduate had fared well but should have saved Diaz's free-kick on his side of the goal. Rovers' Tyler Morton failed to clear sufficiently and Albion worked it to Furlong, whose deep cross was met by Okay Yokuslu. Thomas-Asante could only help a gorgeous Wallace left-footed cross over but was flagged offside. Button, Molumby, Grady Diangana and Daryl Dike were subs. Chalobah caught the eye in midfield.

West Broms six-match winning home league run came to an end after a 1-1 draw with play-off rivals Blackburn.

His perseverance and hooked ball back into the danger area provided an opportunity for Swift, who scissor-kicked his shot just over the crossbar. Debutant goalkeeper Josh Griffiths was called into action within minutes of the game starting. West Brom failed to deal with Brereton Diaz as he bundled his way into the area and - although he managed to get his shot away - Griffiths was equal to it and tipped it over the crossbar.

Albion head coach Carlos Corberan condemned poor game management as Albion sacrificed two points through Blackburn's late equaliser.

That's why I thought he'd be ready to manage this game and the next ones. "It's true that this season has not gone like he'd have wanted it to go. We were looking for the second goal, and this is what I want to see from my team.

Carlos Corberan bemoaned West Brom's poor game management as they 'lost two points' against Blackburn Rovers. The Baggies looked on course for a seventh ...

"I think in only one action in the second half, we didn’t have good game management. Of course, when you play against players with quality you need to manage the game. The Baggies looked on course for a seventh successive home win after Jayson Molumby's header put them ahead. “It was maybe the only mistake we made in the second half and that mistake was two points that we lost.” We put the ball in the middle of the pitch, but it needs to be with the keeper and we need to find other solutions. [BBC Radio WM Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0f3f195): “(I am) very disappointed with the result because the team in the second half, we performed how we need to perform.

Jonny Drury rates the West Brom players after their 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers.

52 - Jayson Molumby for Chalobah 6 - Minutes after coming on he struck the post and his high energy play got Albion going at stages in the second period. He fired a dipping effort just over in the first period - and after his hard shift was taken off for Dike late in the game. In from the start for Dike and he ran his socks off. Offensively, in the first and parts of the second half, Furlong was dangerous. The youngster was thrown in for his full debut and for large parts of the game he didn't put a foot wrong. In for his full debut and showed why Carlos Corberan wanted to bring him to the club.