EFL Championship: West Brom 2 - 1 QPR

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Karlan Grant scored a late winner for West Bromwich Albion to send his side back to the top of the Championship table

On-loan Watford striker Andre Gray had fired QPR ahead after just 43 seconds. The away side still held that lead with 15 minutes left.

Karlan Grant then scored twice in those final 15 minutes to secure Albion a hard fought three points.

West Brom will be delighted that they've returned to the top of the league (even if it's only on a temporary basis) and QPR will be pleased with many aspects of their performance but annoyed that they wasted an opportunity to take points off a potential promotion rival.

Reaction

West Bromwich Albion head coach Val Ismael spoke with the media after the match. He said: "I am here to make decisions. I know exactly what I am doing. Making subs is all about having an impact. Not bringing on a sub for the sake of it. We had a clear idea of what we wanted to do.

"We got more possession and more passes, which was good, because we wanted to keep the ball more. It is all about being patient."

Karlan Grant then added on social media:

QPR manager Mark Warburton then added: "It looked like we were going to get three points. The players know we should have had at least a point. But we committed two individual errors. To give away two goals like that was very disappointing."

Highlights

After the match, both clubs posted the highlights of the match on their YouTube channel. Watch from the QPR perspective in the video below.

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