WEST BROM 2 Bartley (47), Pereira (66) FULHAM 2 Reid (10), Cavaleiro (77)
Sam Allardyce revealed his frustration after West Brom’s point against relegation rivals Fulham.
Ivan Cavaleiro’s late header earned the Cottagers a draw at The Hawthorns.
Kyle Bartley and Matheus Pereira had cancelled out Bobby Decordova-reid’s opener after Fulham threatened to run riot in the first half.
Decordova-reid also hit a post, but Albion improved after the break, although 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 at half-time and Fulham have been the better side we had to change the way we were playing.
“We dominated for the first 30 minutes of the second half and got 2-1 up, but once again our frailties defensively have let us down.
“We cannot expect to score three goals every time to win it. The biggest disappointment was how we let their goal in with their man arriving at the post with no-one marking him.
“It came after a spirited, honest, fightback from the players to get themselves back in the game. We had to play simple, quality football.”
Decordova-reid struck after 10 minutes when he fired past Sam Johnstone from Aleksandar Mitrovic’s pass.
He hit the post soon after when Mitrovic’s pass sent him clean through while Johnstone saved from Ademola Lookman and Ruben Loftus-cheek shot over.
Albion’s confidence looked shot, but they hit back two minutes into the second half when Bartley steered in Pereira’s cross. Pereira then made it 2-1 after 66 minutes, turning in debutant Mbaye Diagne’s low centre. But Cavaleiro levelled with 13 minutes left after he headed in Harrison Reed’s brilliant cross to leave Fulham – winless in 10 top-flight games – four points from 17th-placed Brighton.
Manager Scott Parker said: “The game should have been out of sight at half-time. We were fantastic in the first half and they had to make changes 20 minutes into the game.
“We had some big chances and it should have been done. We’re disappointed it’s not three points, but we’ll keep moving.”