Saturday
9th January 2016,
FA Cup 3rd Round, The Hawthorns, Kick-Off 3:00pm |
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West Bromwich Albion |
2 -
2 |
Bristol City |
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0 - 0 |
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Berahino (67) |
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Kodjia (74) |
Morrison (90+5) |
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Agard (83) |
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Managers |
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Tony Pulis |
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Steve Cotterill |
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Starting XI |
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Ben Foster |
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Frank Fielding (O'Leary HT) |
(Dawson 63) James Chester |
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Luke Ayling |
Gareth McAuley |
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Aden Flint |
Jonny Evans |
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Nathan Baker |
Chris Brunt |
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Mark Little |
James Morrison |
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Korey Smith |
(c) Darren Fletcher |
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Marlon Pack |
(McManaman 63) James McClean |
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Luke Freeman |
Stéphane Sessègnon |
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Joe Bryan |
Salomón Rondón |
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Aaron Wilbraham (c) (Burns 82) |
(Berahino 63) Rickie Lambert |
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Jonathan Kodjia (Agard 83) |
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Substitutes |
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Claudio Yacob |
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Derrick Williams |
Craig Gardner |
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Kieran Agard |
(gk) Boaz Myhill |
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Scott Wagstaff |
Cristian Gamboa |
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Bobby Reid |
Saido Berahino |
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Wes Burns |
Callum McManaman |
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Max O'Leary (gk) |
Craig Dawson |
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Bookings |
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(foul 42) Morrison |
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Baker (foul 72) |
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Kodjia (excessive celebration 75) |
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Attendance:
24,917 |
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Referee:
Graham Scott (Oxfordshire) |
Assistant 01:
Gary Beswick (County Durham) |
Assistant 02:
Anthony Coggins (Oxfordshire) |
Fourth Official:
Mark Brown
(East Yorkshire) |
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Official Matchday
Programme |
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Price:
£3.00
Pages: 52 Issue: 13 |
James Morrison spared West
Brom's blushes with an injury-time equaliser against
Bristol City
as the FA Cup third round tie at The Hawthorns ended 2-2. All the goals came in
the second half as the Championship side came from behind to lead with goals
from Jonathan Kodjia and Kieran Agard, after Saido Berahino had climbed off the
bench to put Albion ahead. City looked set for a famous victory but in the fifth
minute of time added on at the end of the regulation 90 minutes Morrison
converted Callum McManaman's cross from close range to set up a replay.
West Brom made a lively start,
with Stephane Sessegnon and James McClean both looking dangerous down the
flanks. The final ball was lacking though, and it was to be the story of the
first half for the Premier League team. At the other end, Ben Foster, making his
first appearance since March last year after recovering from a serious knee
injury, looked as sharp as ever as he got down well to smother Joe Bryan's
curling effort from the edge of the area.
West Brom's only effort on target of the first half came after 18
minutes. Chris Brunt's free-kick struck the defensive wall and McClean's shot
from the rebound was parried away by Frank Fielding.
Albion worked a handful of other
decent openings before half-time, with Sessegnon the architect, but a Bristol
body was always on hand to make a block. Morrison, set up by Sessegnon, got a
clear sight of goal just before the break but he steered his shot wide from 10
yards out.
Teenage goalkeeper Max O'Leary
began the second half for the visitors, making his senior debut for the
Championship club - with Fielding seemingly injured. O'Leary was beaten straight
straight away as McClean headed Salomon Rondon's cross goalwards but Nathan
Baker, on loan from West Brom's neighbours Aston Villa, rescued the 19-year-old
with a header to clear the ball from just in front of the goal line. The start
of the second half was a much more lively spectacle with chances at both ends -
the most notable coming when Kodjia lobbed just over Foster but into the
side-netting before the hour mark. Baggies boss Tony Pulis made a triple
substitution in the 63rd minute, bringing on McManaman, Craig Dawson and
Berahino. McClean, Chester
and Rickie Lambert made way. The changes took just four minutes to take effect
as Berahino opened the scoring, curling a low shot off the greasy surface and
into the bottom corner of the net beyond O'Leary's dive. The in-demand striker,
Pulis said this week he thinks as many as five clubs are interested in signing
Berahino, celebrated by running over to the touchline to shake his manager's
hand. However, City were level in the 74th minute as some slack marking allowed
Kodjia to head home Luke Freeman's free-kick from insdie the six-yard box. That
was Kodjia's final contribution as he made way for Agard 10 minutes later - and
it proved to be an inspired change by
Bristol
boss Steve Cotterill. Foster made a superb one-handed save to keep out Freeman's
shot but Agard, barely on the pitch a minute, reacted quickest to squeeze home
the rebound. However, another twist remained and Morrison pounced to break the
visitors' hearts.
Sporting Life
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