West Brom were made to settle for a point at The Hawthorns as they took a 1-1 draw with Brentford into their Christmas period.

Albion defender Darnell Furlong, restored to the starting XI, levelled things up after Henrik Dalsgaard had opened the scoring.

Brentford took the lead before the break. For all their dominance in came from a set-piece.

Mathias Jensen’s corner to the near post was flicked back across goal by captain Dalsgaard and into the far corner, with Sam Johnstone rooted.

It took Albion less than two minutes to respond, however. Matt Phillips’ cross was pinged to the near post, swinging away from goal, but Furlong was on hand to divert it over Raya with a looping header of his own.

Albion started the second half the stronger and had Phillips finished off a wonderful move involving Ferguson and Pereira, they’d have made their dominance count.

From there, the game evened out. Indeed, it was a very enjoyable match, easy on the eye with two sides insisting on playing their attractive brands of football.

Sub Charlie Austin thought he was the hero once again when he prodded home from close range in the dying stages, but the flag went up for offside.

In all, a point well earned for both outfits and it keeps the Baggies top.

Stay tuned to hear from Slaven Bilic.