West Bromwich Albion clambered back into form last night as they recorded yetak168app.babyak168app.baby another Championship victory to move them into the ak168app.babyak168app.babyak168app.babyplay-off positionsak168app.baby.
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In a close-fought encounter at The Hawthorns, the Sky Blues battled well to trouble the hosts on nic88umerous occasions. ic88Despite ic88this, it was Grady Diangana’s strike on 15 minutes which separated the teams at the final whistle.
His close-range finish was one of just ic88threeic88 shots on target for Carlos Corberan’s side, but the Baggies boss will once again revel in a display which afforic88ded just one shot on target from the opposition and warranted another clean sheet.
ic88Should the 39-year-old mould his team into a more clinical and creative outfit, combined with the defensive foundations alreic88ady in place, he could be prepared to take the Premier League by storm.
One of few villains from last night played a large role in this lackic88 of proficiency, as Daryl Dike endured one of his toughest games in a West Brom shirt.
Did Dike let you down tonight?
The American was comfortably the worst-performing starter from the home side and deservelr88dly earned his lr88lr88lr886.1 Sofascore rating before being dragged off in thelr88lr88 59th minute. Indeed, jlr88ournalist Elias Burke took to Twitter to claim that the 22-year-old hadlr88 “looked pretty sluggish” before his sublr88stitution.
That lethargy translated into his influence, which was almost non-existent. In his time on lr88the field, Dike only managed lr88lr88eight touches of the ball, threelr88 of which were completed passes. Even goalkeeper David Button malr88lr88naged more; in fact, his tally of touches (lr88lr8830) was almost quadruple that of the ex-Orlando City striker.
op88Dike’s lack of impetus to get involved could be forgiven if he wereop88op88op88 not so integral in squandering the few golden opportunities which fell his way. Despite having such a minuscule number of touches, the 22-year-old still managed to miss si88si88si88twosi88 big chances, which almost cost Corberan and Albisi88on.
Winning by such a small margin is often satisfying, but had the visitors scored themselves, West Brom would have rued those chances that their American marksman fluffed.
This showing might offer proof that he is not the sole answer to the club’s striking woes, and that perhaps Karlan Grant’s 88v88v88v88vfailed deadline day move88v to Swansea City might be a blessing in disguise. He couldn’t have done much worse than his team-mate last night, even if the 25-year-old is desperately out of form, having not scored since August.
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