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MILL WALL 1

Watmore 22

WES T BROM 1

Swift 67 (pen)

CARLOS Corberan hopes for more as his West Brom side look to cement their play-off place when they entertain Watford on the back of a draw with Millwall.

The Lions controlled the first half on Good Friday and Duncan Watmore capitalised with a fine finish past Baggies goalkeeper Alex Palmer.

However, the visitors won a penalty after the break, and John Swift made no mistake, converting past Millwall stopper Matija Sarkic.

Corberan believes the quality in Millwall’s squad is not reflected by their position in the Championship table.

“They are one of the teams that their position in the table is not reflective of the level of their squad,” he said.

“Over the past five or six games they have lost one, and in the summer their target would have been to reach the play-offs. When there are many good teams in the Championship this can happen to good teams.

“It was a tough game, there were two teams with two different styles. In the first half, they were better than us, but in the second half with our style, we were a bit better.

“It has been a game where we were not brilliant and we didn’t create enough chances, we tried but we couldn’t.”

A lively pre-match atmosphere intensified ahead of kick-off as West Brom’s players took the knee to a chorus of boos from the home fans.

Then The Den got even louder when referee James Bell waved away appeals for handball after Kyle Bartley blocked George Honeyman’s the edge of the penalty area cross inside the box. Zian in the 17th minute having Flemming won a free-kick on surged straight through the Baggies’ defence. However, his effort from the set-piece deflected behind for a corner.

GOOD FINISH: Millwall’s Duncan Watmore scores the opener

The pressure finally told four minutes later when Watmore pounced on a loose ball before

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