Sam: No case for defence
West Brom manager Sam Allardyce was left frustrated af ter Ivan Cavaleiro’s late header earned Fulham a 2-2 draw at The Hawthorns.
Kyle Bar t ley and Matheus Pereira had cancelled out Bobby Decordova-Reid’s opener af ter the Cot tagers threatened to run riot in the first half.
Decordova-Reid also hit the post and although relegation rivals Albion improved after the break, Allardyce feels it was a missed chance with the second- bottom Baggies six points from safety.
He said: “It’s ended up with a draw which probably neither of us really wanted.
“We should have won it. When you come in 1- 0 down and Fulham have
been the better side we had to change the way we were playing.
“We dominated the first 30 minutes of the second half and got 2-1 up but our frailties defensively have let us down again.”
Fulham sit four points adrift of safety and boss Scott Parker said: “The game should have been out of sight at half-time.
“We’re disappointed but we’ll keep moving.”
Wolves manager Nuno Espi r ito Santo has challenged his players to “improve fast” after they suffered a 1- 0 defeat at Crystal Palace to extend their winless Premier League run to eight games.
Ebere Eze struck the only goal and Nuno said: “A lot of things are missing.
“Better performances, better decisions, what is our identity.”
Palace boss Roy Hodgson said: “It’s a big one. We have been stuck on 23 points or close to 23 points for a while so it was good to move away from that total.”