BARNES’ STORMER
Baggies star Harvey hits late equaliser to stun Owls
Sheff Wed 2 West Brom 2
HARVEY BARNES scored a sensational late equaliser as West Brom netted twice in the final five minutes to snatch a point and leave Wednesday stunned.
The Baggies were disappointing before Joey Pelupessy put through his own net on 86 minutes to give them hope at Hillsborough.
And Barnes seized this lifeline a minute later with the on-loan Leicester midfielder picking the ball up in his own half then beating the Wednesday defence single-handed to score.
The visitors got out of jail with that dramatic smash-and-grab raid as they had been poor for most of the match.
Adam Reach opened the scoring with a belter, which was almost as good as his Goal of the Season contender against Leeds here last Friday.
Reach’s stunning 24th-minute goal was similar to that screamer. He received the ball from Josh Onomah on the right before unleashing a 30-yard left-foot drive into the top far corner.
Reach is on fire and that goal is his fourth of the season, already equalling his best-ever haul for Wednesday.
The Wednesday fans loved it and Reach put his left boot on Liam Palmer’s knee for his team-mate to pretend to polish it for his goal celebration.
Reach went close again, this time with his right foot, before Wednesday doubled their lead on 41 minutes through Fernando Forestieri.
From a break after Cameron Dawson saved from Jake Livermore, Matt Penney crossed from the left and Craig Dawson could only glance his header to the unmarked Forestieri at the back post, who rifled home.
West Brom finally stirred when Dwight Gayle, who had scored five times in his last five league games, cracked a shot against the bar. Kyle Bartley had an effort disallowed forafoul by Craig Dawson on his namesake Cameron Dawson before Forestieri shot wide when he should have scored after Ahmed Hegazi presented him with the ball.
West Brom refused to give up and Pelupessy turned Chris Brunt’s cross into his own net under pressure from Barnes before the 20-year-old stole the show with his solo effort.