Tony Mowbray praised his West Brom players for “creating chaos” after Jayson Molumby’s stoppage-time winner earned them a late 2-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday.
Albion looked to be set for a second straight home victory when debutant Adam Armstrong netted 16 minutes from time.
It remained level heading into stoppage time but that was when the drama began.
Substitute Callum Paterson’s goal four minutes into the added period looked to have grabbed Wednesday a point.
But Albion weren’t done as Molumby turned in a Mikey Johnston corner two minutes later to give Mowbray’s side a dramatic win.
It boiled over at full time, with Baggies defender Kyle Bartley sent off for a coming together with Svante Ingelsson but Mowbray was delighted with his side’s display and their ability to grab a rare late goal.
He said: “I think we deserved to win first and foremost, the first half was pure domination. They had one shot that our keeper saved well.
“They are a dangerous team, our analyst said they had the fifth best away record and it was a tough game.
“They came back to get a 3-3 draw at Boro so at half time we knew they had a capacity to cause us real problems.
“They grew into the game in the second half, as you would expect them to do with being such a decent team.
“If you break the 90 minutes down I think we were the most dominant team, we were better on the day, we deserved to win the game.
“It was a mad five minutes or whatever it was. I have said to my players this week, we very rarely score late goals, we need to create more chaos and gamble a bit.
“It was a set play with Molumby on the move in the box and it was a great feeling for the supporters.
“It was a game we should have won and we made sure we did in the end, it was quite dramatic.”
A deflated Danny Rohl admitted the late goal was tough to take and he was also left bemused by Wednesday’s disallowed goal.
Prior to Albion taking the lead, Djeidi Gassama thought he had put Wednesday in front but, after consulting his assistant, referee Tom Nield ruled the goal out for offside.
Rohl said: “In 16 months, that is one of the toughest to take.
“I think in the first half West Brom were the better team, they had more control and it was important to stay in the game.
“We tried to play football and we could not find the solution we wanted.
“We stayed a bit deeper to give them the ball and stop them playing through the centre and then we wanted to change it in the second half.
“I don’t speak about decisions in the pitch if it is quick. If the linesman raises his flag then no problem but it was 16 seconds from the goal to the decision. We take the lead there and West Brom have to come.
“The subs gave us a lift and the equaliser was deserved.
“Within two minutes we have a throw in the opponents half and we didn’t make the right decision and then it was a set piece.
“If it was going to be a draw, a good Championship game with both having moments and situations, but they took the points.”
