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QPR 2-2 West Brom: Baggies survive Rs comeback in controversial draw

West Bromwich Albion's Mikey Johnston scores against QPR
Mikey Johnston is on loan at West Bromwich Albion from Celtic until the end of the season

Outstanding finishes from Mikey Johnston and Grady Diangana helped West Bromwich Albion secure a controversial draw at Queens Park Rangers on an emotional night at Loftus Road.

After paying tribute to the club’s former great Stan Bowles before kick-off, the Rs took the lead in their first home game since the death of the ex-England striker when former Baggies midfielder Sam Field tucked home following a handling error from goalkeeper Alex Palmer.

But Albion turned the game around in the space of two minutes as Johnston’s sensational strike brought them level before Diangana’s classy finish put them in front at half-time.

Palmer then saved Michael Frey’s poor penalty before he feathered Field’s header onto the arm of the covering Cedric Kipre, who pushed the ball over the bar from close range.

None of the officials seemed to realise what had happened with no action taken, other than awarding QPR a corner.

Frey had a goal disallowed for offside as the Rs piled forward and got their reward nine minutes from time when Field grabbed his second after a scramble following a corner.

QPR almost stole it when Steve Cook’s goal-bound overhead kick was nodded over from under his own bar by Darnell Furlong, but the point takes them one point clear of the relegation zone while the Baggies stay fifth.

More to follow.

Line-ups

QPR

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1Begovic
  • 3Dunne
  • 5S Cook
  • 6Clarke-SalterSubstituted forFoxat 80′minutes
  • 22PaalSubstituted forDykesat 80′minutes
  • 14HaydenSubstituted forHodgeat 60′minutes
  • 8Field
  • 11Smyth
  • 25AndersenSubstituted forWillockat 72′minutes
  • 10Chair
  • 12Frey
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Substitutes

  • 7Willock
  • 9Dykes
  • 15Fox
  • 16Hodge
  • 19Dixon-Bonner
  • 20Cannon
  • 21Larkeche
  • 30Armstrong
  • 32Walsh

West Brom

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 24PalmerBooked at 55mins
  • 2Furlong
  • 4Kipré
  • 15Pieters
  • 20ReachSubstituted forÁvila Gordónat 60′minutes
  • 35YokusluSubstituted forChalobahat 79′minutes
  • 27Mowatt
  • 31FellowsSubstituted forAjayiat 54′minutes
  • 11DianganaSubstituted forSwiftat 79′minutes
  • 23JohnstonSubstituted forWeimannat 79′minutes
  • 7J Wallace

Substitutes

  • 6Ajayi
  • 14Chalobah
  • 17Weimann
  • 19Swift
  • 22M’Vila
  • 25Marshall
  • 26Ávila Gordón
  • 32Malcolm
  • 33Griffiths

Referee:
Geoff Eltringham

Attendance:
16,818

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