Read all about it: Hull 1 Albion 1

Last updated : 27 November 2016 By Wba-mad Editor

Albion were unable to make it three consecutive wins in November, despite Gareth McAuley's first half header. 

The 1-1 draw at Hull leaves Albion in 9th in the Premier League heading into December. Here's what the papers had to say. Click on the link to read the full report...

Birmingham Mail 

Nothing materialised from Albion’s early domination of the ball, the neat triangles in midfield were slick and a further sign of the recent positive approach adopted.

The early lull didn’t stop them taking the lead, in the 34th minute, though.

For all those lovely passes, it was the head of McAuley - of course - who powered the Throstles into the lead from a Phillips corner. They were value for it, too.

Express and Star 

Mike Phelan's struggling Hull side were there for the taking in the first half but even though the Baggies controlled proceedings, they were unable to break through until Gareth McAuley's towering header.

The evergreen Northern Irishman turns 37 in just over a week, but he shows no signs of letting up. If anything, he's just getting better with age, like the finest vintage in Tony Pulis's collection.

At one end of the pitch he was mopping up every lacklustre Hull attack with the ease of a man who has seen it all before, and then, in the 34th minute, he put the Baggies ahead with a typical crashing header

Independent

Hull captain Michael Dawson cut through the KCOM Stadium gloom to grab a second-half equaliser and deny visitors West Brom a third straight Premier League win.

Gareth McAuley's 34th-minute opener looked set to send the Tigers sliding to another defeat on a cold and misty afternoon in East Yorkshire until Dawson got the finishing touches to a long-range Robert Snodgrass free-kick, earning a 1-1 draw.

The home side had failed to muster a single shot of any description in the opening 50 minutes and the Baggies looked in little danger of having their surge into the top half of the table halted.

Telegraph

With a backdrop containing swathes of empty seats, and an official attendance of 18,086, Hull could do little to enliven their supporters in a dismal first half, as West Brom began on the front foot and largely stayed on it. Considering that Tony Pulis’s team do not always need a lot of possession – and they were away from home here – it was surprising to see just how much they dominated the ball.

Although clear-cut chances were rare, a warning arrived for Hull when Salomon Rondon laid the ball off for James Morrison, but he shot wide. West Brom would promptly made amends for that miss.

The breakthrough came when the in-form Matt Phillips delivered a corner and Gareth McAuley headed in, with too much ease, rising above the marking of Hull’s former West Brom defender Curtis Davies. It was not the last time that a set-piece troubled Hull in the first half, as Craig Dawson glanced wide another delivery from Phillips.

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