Hodgson: Baggies should have won

Vela cancelled out Jamie O’Hara’s first-half effort in the dying seconds after Wolves keeper Wayne Hennessey failed to hold onto James Morrison’s low drive.

The share of the spoils moved the Baggies a point clear of the Barclays Premier League drop zone, but Wolves remained bottom on goal difference.

Hodgson said: “I was certainly happy to see the equaliser but if you mean am I happy because I didn’t think we deserved any better, then I’m not.

“I thought we deserved better. I thought the performance throughout was good. I thought we laid siege for long periods on the Wolves goal, but we know they defend well. They are not an easy team to break down – even harder when they get the one-goal lead.

“But I’ve got to say, if ever a team worked hard for the equaliser, asked questions, forced good saves and blocks, it was us. In the end when you equalise late in a game you do have that feeling of happiness and satisfaction. But I’m pretty certain when I think back on Tuesday on the game I won’t be quite as happy as I am at this moment in time.”

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy refused to condemn Hennessey for his last-gasp blunder.

He said: “Of course it is a disappointing end. I am not going to try to deny that. The performance was very good. I haven’t seen the goal yet but it is a bobbly old pitch. I don’t know whether Wayne should have got it and kept it — but he has been brilliant for us.

“He has been fabulous. I thought we could have got a block on the original shot.

“Overall the performance was good. We had a really good spell second half when we should have got an other goal.

WEST BROM: Myhill, Jara (Reid 83), Tamas, Olsson, Shorey, Thomas (Morrison 61), Dorrans (Vela 72), Scharner, Brunt, Odemwingie, Fortune.

WOLVES: Hennessey, Zubar, Stearman, Berra, Elokobi, Foley (Ward 84), Henry, O’Hara, Milijas (Ebanks-Blake 68), Jarvis (Craddock 90), Doyle.

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral). Hodgson: Baggies should have won

NEW West Brom boss Roy Hodgson felt his side deserved more than the last-gasp equaliser by Carlos Vela in the 1-1 Black Country derby draw with Wolves at The Hawthorns yesterday.

Vela cancelled out Jamie O’Hara’s first-half effort in the dying seconds after Wolves keeper Wayne Hennessey failed to hold onto James Morrison’s low drive.

The share of the spoils moved the Baggies a point clear of the Barclays Premier League drop zone, but Wolves remained bottom on goal difference.

Hodgson said: “I was certainly happy to see the equaliser but if you mean am I happy because I didn’t think we deserved any better, then I’m not.

“I thought we deserved better. I thought the performance throughout was good. I thought we laid siege for long periods on the Wolves goal, but we know they defend well. They are not an easy team to break down – even harder when they get the one-goal lead.

“But I’ve got to say, if ever a team worked hard for the equaliser, asked questions, forced good saves and blocks, it was us. In the end when you equalise late in a game you do have that feeling of happiness and satisfaction. But I’m pretty certain when I think back on Tuesday on the game I won’t be quite as happy as I am at this moment in time.”

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy refused to condemn Hennessey for his last-gasp blunder.

He said: “Of course it is a disappointing end. I am not going to try to deny that. The performance was very good. I haven’t seen the goal yet but it is a bobbly old pitch. I don’t know whether Wayne should have got it and kept it — but he has been brilliant for us.

“He has been fabulous. I thought we could have got a block on the original shot.

“Overall the performance was good. We had a really good spell second half when we should have got an other goal.

WEST BROM: Myhill, Jara (Reid 83), Tamas, Olsson, Shorey, Thomas (Morrison 61), Dorrans (Vela 72), Scharner, Brunt, Odemwingie, Fortune.

WOLVES: Hennessey, Zubar, Stearman, Berra, Elokobi, Foley (Ward 84), Henry, O’Hara, Milijas (Ebanks-Blake 68), Jarvis (Craddock 90), Doyle.

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral).