In the 25th round of the 2021/22 Championship, West Brom lost 2-0 at home to Preston, missing the best chance to catch up with the top 4. The bloomers were a disaster in this game, not only difficult to create opportunities, but also twice in front of the goal to give the opponent a good chance to pick up leaks, and finally led to the first home defeat in the league this season.
Two former main players returned from the ban, but the treatment was very different: Moart immediately returned to the starting lineup to sit in the center-back, JohnStone missed the big list, and Ismail continued to trust Barton Town to guard the dragon goal. With new signing center Dick on an eight-week sideline, Phillips made a cameo appearance as a single arrow, with Grant and DiAngana, who played well in the last round, on two wings apart.
Both teams were slow to get into form, with the exception of balls from the visiting team, who had a header from a corner kick, and both teams had almost no decent offense in the first 30 minutes. In the 34th minute, the away team snatched a high shot inside the penalty area, then Diangana sent a delicate long pass, Ritchie sent an inverted triangle from the bottom, and Moart followed up. In the 41st minute, Preston played a continuous match on the left rib, and Batley intercepted the cross almost oorrected, but Jacobson poked the ball in before the ball crossed the goal line to end the first half of the 1-0 lead.
In the second half, the bloomers took the lead, Grant almost single-handedly burst into the box, after which Phillips turned to receive the ball but the push was blocked, and Robinson came on and had a long-range shot slightly offside. However, West Brom's overall performance did not improve, and fans even sang the song of Bilic to remember the bloomer pants that attacked like a tide two years ago. In the 76th minute, Cunningham burst into the left rib with a small angle shot, Barton made a mistake in the save, and Archer next to him made it 2-0. Grant's free-kick and Robinson's powerful shot were also a threat, but unfortunately the lanterns failed to form a continuous attack, and naturally lost 2-0.
West Brom line-up:
25- Barton; 21- Kiprey (46'29- Gardner Hickman), 5- Bartley, 3- Townsend, 2 - Furlong, 8 - Livermore (73'14 - Morombi), 27 - Moart, 20 - Richie; 11 - Deangana, 10 - Phillips (56'7 - Robinson), 18 - Grant