Tony Mowbray hails 'creating chaos' as West Brom ace Jayson Molumby nets late winner

Jayson Molumby scored a stoppage-time winner as West Brom came from behind to beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 at The Hawthorns in the Championship

Tony Mowbray lauded his West Brom squad for "creating chaos" which led to Jayson Molumby's dramatic stoppage-time decider, securing a thrilling 2-1 victory against Sheffield Wednesday. Albion seemed on course for another home win when newcomer Adam Armstrong scored with roughly 16 minutes left.

The match was square going into the final moments, but it was then that tensions soared. Callum Paterson, coming off the bench, thought he had earned Wednesday a draw with his contribution four minutes into stoppage time.

However, West Brom had one more trick up their sleeve, as Molumby connected with a Mikey Johnston corner after two additional minutes, snatching a last-gasp triumph for Mowbray's team. Post-match festivities escalated further when Baggies defender Kyle Bartley saw red following an altercation with Svante Ingelsson, but Mowbray had plenty of positives to take from his team's performance and their knack for a late winner.

"I think we deserved to win first and foremost, the first half was pure domination. They had one shot that our keeper saved well."

He said in light of his team’s effort. He acknowledged Wednesday's potential threat, noting, "They are a dangerous team, our analyst said they had the fifth best away record and it was a tough game."

Mowbray also mentioned their resilience, stating, "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."

Even though the opposition improved after the break, Mowbray felt confident about his team, expressing, "They grew into the game in the second half, as you would expect them to do with being such a decent team."

Finally, he summed up the game by saying, "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 disheartened Danny Rohl acknowledged the sting of conceding late, and expressed confusion over Wednesday's disallowed goal. Before Albion took the lead, Djeidi Gassama believed he had scored for Wednesday, but referee Tom Nield, after a discussion with his assistant, annulled the goal for offside.

Rohl reflected: "In 16 months, that is one of the toughest to take."

He analysed the match saying, "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."

Despite trying to implement their style, Rohl admitted, "We tried to play football and we could not find the solution we wanted."

The strategy involved staying deeper initially: "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."

Rohl refrained from commenting on the quick decision-making during the game: "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."

He praised his substitutes' impact and felt the equaliser was merited: "The subs gave us a lift and the equaliser was deserved."

However, he lamented a missed opportunity shortly after: "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."