Joy at last for Robson as huge slice of luck helps Baggies

Manchester City 1 West Brom 1

The visitors’ rearguard battle after Thomas Gaardsoe’s early red card had not won any sympathy from their long-suffering fans, who had turned on a team that had failed to manage a single corner or shot on goal when Paul Robinson launched a speculative 84th-minute punt deep into City territory.

The ball bounced up on to Richard Dunne’s shin and flew past stranded Blues keeper David James and into the net to earn West Brom only their second point in eight games since Robson replaced Gary Megson.