‘Disappointed’ West Brom boss offers reasons behind draw with struggling QPR

Another couple of points against a team who had won just once in their last 18 league matches would have put West Brom three off the top six but they were rattled by Rangers dragging their way back into the match and never really recovered.

Brandon Thomas-Asante and Semi Ajayi had the Baggies cruising wthin 13 minutes of kick off but Lyndon Dykes’ header pulled the visitors back into the match and not long into the second half a mistake at the back led to Chris Martin charging down Josh Griffiths’ clearance and the ball went straight into the West Brom goal.

Carlos Corboran’s side never really recovered from that and were fortunate to come away with a point as QPR pressed for the winner and looked the team more likely to get it.

“We lost the confidence to play and lost the personality to increase the advantage,” said Corboran, whose side are now in 11th place, five points off the play-offs. “We gave the opponent the belief they could be in the game.

“We had the possibility to get something else, we are disappointed because we didn’t. I didn’t see the players comfortable on the pitch. We need to take responsibility to change momentum, knowing we need to play with a lot of personality.

“We didn’t give the answer we need to give on the pitch. Sometimes you find the solutions and sometimes you don’t. Our responsibility is to compete better and win more games.”