West Brom 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: Jayson Molumby earns late win for Baggies
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between West Brom and Sheffield Wednesday at The Hawthorns on Saturday; Jayson Molumby earns late stoppage-time victory for the Baggies.
Saturday 8 February 2025 16:34, UK
Jayson Molumby's goal deep into injury time snatched West Brom a dramatic 2-1 win over play-off rivals Sheffield Wednesday.
Adam Armstrong struck on his Baggies debut in the 74th minute and the hosts appeared set to see out the win.
But Wednesday found an equaliser four minutes into stoppage time as Callum Paterson fired home.
Just as it look like they had been denied all three points, Molumby turned in a Mikey Johnston cross two minutes later to give Albion the victory.
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It was all Albion early on with the first chance coming on 18 minutes as Kyle Bartley's flick from a corner found Karlan Grant but he snatched at it and fired over from eight yards out.
Moments later they went closer as James Beadle kept out a strong header from Torbjorn Heggem, with new man Armstrong striking the post from the rebound.
Beadle was then called into action again as Isaac Price and Armstrong linked well to find Grant but he was smothered by the keeper.
Despite Albion dominating the first period, Wednesday almost took an unlikely lead before the break but Joe Wildsmith was equal to Djeidi Gassama's low shot.
It took the hosts just seconds to charge out of the blocks after the restart.
A quick passing move down the left set Grant clear and his cut-back found Grady Diangana, but his goalbound effort was blocked by substitute Marvin Johnson, who moments later turned a cross onto his own post.
Wednesday thought they had taken the lead against the run of play. The Baggies appealed for offside as Gassama was played in, before cutting back inside and firing across goal and past Wildsmith.
Albion players strongly protested and, after referee Tom Nield consulted his assistant, the goal was disallowed - with Josh Windass adjudged to have been interfering with play as the shot came in.
Baggies boss Tony Mowbray turned to his bench in a bid to break the deadlock and his changes paid off.
On 74 minutes, new loanee Will Lankshear found fellow substitute Tom Fellows whose cross found Armstrong.
The debutant, on loan from Southampton, then did the rest as he guided a volley past the dive of Beadle.
Wednesday came on strong and four minutes into added time looked to have salvaged a point when Paterson fired home from a cross after Heggem had blocked his initial effort.
The points were all set to be shared but Albion had other ideas, as two minutes from time they found a dramatic winner.
Molumby's close-range finish from a corner found the net to give Mowbray's side all three points.
The managers
West Brom's Tony Mowbray:
"I think we deserved to win first and foremost, the first half was pure domination. They had one shot that our keeper saved well.
"They are a dangerous team, our analyst said they had the fifth best away record and it was a tough game. They came back to get a 3-3 draw at Boro so at half time we knew they had a capacity to cause us real problems.
"They grew into the game in the second half, as you would expect them to do with being such a decent team. If you break the 90 minutes down I think we were the most dominant team, we were better on the day, we deserved to win the game.
"It was a mad five minutes or whatever it was. I have said to my players this week, we very rarely score late goals, we need to create more chaos and gamble a bit.
"It was a set play with Molumby on the move in the box and it was a great feeling for the supporters. It was a game we should have won and we made sure we did in the end, it was quite dramatic."
Sheffield Wednesday's Danny Rohl:
"In 16 months, that is one of the toughest to take. I think in the first half West Brom were the better team, they had more control and it was important to stay in the game.
"We tried to play football and we could not find the solution we wanted. We stayed a bit deeper to give them the ball and stop them playing through the centre and then we wanted to change it in the second half.
"I don't speak about decisions in the pitch if it is quick. If the linesman raises his flag then no problem but it was 16 seconds from the goal to the decision. We take the lead there and West Brom have to come.
"The subs gave us a lift and the equaliser was deserved. Within two minutes we have a throw in the opponents half and we didn't make the right decision and then it was a set piece.
"If it was going to be a draw, a good Championship game with both having moments and situations, but they took the points."
