It’s an Appi day for battling Dons
KWESI APPIAH’S scored a stoppage-time penalty to see leaders held to a 2-2 draw at
Second-half goals from Matt Crooks and Freddie Ladapo looked like earning the Millers a fourth straight win.
But Richard Wood tripped Joe Pigott in the area and substitute Appiah converted from the spot to earn the relegation-battling Dons a crucial point.
moved into the automatic promotion places with a 2-0 win at
The Sky Blues made sure of the win with goals from substitutes
Callum O’Hare
(right) and
Maxime Biamou.
boosted their promotion chances with a 2-0 victory at bottom club
Aristote Nsiala scored a 44th-minute own goal and Joe Jacobson netted from the penalty spot.
made it seven wins in nine games with a 1-0 triumph over
at the Kassam Stadium as Jordan Willis’ header came off John Mousinho for a third-minute own goal.
Ellis Harrison and John Marquis were on target as promotion chasers
claimed a hard-fought 2-0 win at home to
Kayden Jackson and Alan Judge both bagged a brace as came from behind to beat 4-1 and revive their challenge for a play-off place.
Wes Burns was the hero as his second-half strike earned them a 2-1 victory against in-form
Burns smashed home from a tight angle in the 76th minute. Josh Ginnelly ended
14-match winless run with an 84th-minute goal in a 2-1 win over 10-man
The substitute got the decisive touch to a Jonson Clarke-Harris shot from distance to give manager Ben Garner his first win since taking charge in December. Elsewhere, Sam Finley scored an injury-time winner in a seven-goal thriller as secured a 4-3 victory over while Cameron John put through his own net twice as saw off 10-man 2-1. match at was home to postponed.
REFEREE Keith Stroud was trending on Twitter after a match full of controversial incidents.
And the underfire official got it in the neck from both managers as well.
Baggies boss Slaven Bilic was convinced his side were wrongly denied an injury-time winner from Callum Robinson, chalked off for an offside decision with Kyle Bartley led in the goal.
Opposite number Sabri
Lamouchi was equally convinced Jake Livermore should have been sent off for a challenge on Yuri Ribeiro.
Bilic said: “It was a really good game but I’m disappointed and angry because we deserved to win. It was a totally good goal.
“Callum was onside and
Bartley was in the goal so how he could influence the ball I do not know.”
Lamouchi said: “To come back twice to equalise with this kind of scenario, with some wrong decisions, I’m proud of the performance, the mentality and never-give-up spirit.
“We play football but not with the same rules as the Premier League. They play with VAR and without it you end this game with some tension. For me the first foul against Ribeiro is a red card.”
Forest will look at this as a point gained after twice coming from behind. Robinson, on loan from Sheffield United, saw his opener cancelled by a Bartley own goal. Another own goal, from Tobias Figueiredo, put Albion back in front before Matty Cash scored a stunning leveller in second-half injury time.
It is tempting to blame the weather when a match struggles to ignite, especially when the wind is swirling and the rain is teeming down.
But that does not explain the needle, the late and very late challenges and fraying tempers. The first shot on target led to the first goal, by which time at least five minutes of injury time had been added.
A contest which was crying out for something delivered after Forest midfielder Samba Sow was caught in possession by Matheus Pereira who fed Robinson and he looked up and carefully placed his shot past Brice Samba. West Brom looked on course to make it four straight wins and consolidate their Championship lead. Instead all that niggly injury time added up to an extra five first-half minutes and Forest equalised. Sammy Ameobi’s cross was quality – and striker Lewis Grabban and Bartley stretched to connect. Sadly for the Albion man he got the touch past his own keeper. Figueiredo suffered the same fate from Livermore’s cross in the 65th minute but it was on the break after Ameobi was fouled at the other end to the fury of Forest. But as the game moved into added time, Cash crashed the ball past Sam Johnstone to equalise.