West Bromwich Albion tasted defeat in their opening game of the Championship season at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday - a reverse which was largely of their own doing. Dilan Markanday and Harry Leonard scored in as many minutes in the first half to take the game away from Albion, despite Matt Phillips' second half strike. Albion boss Carlos Corberan even saw red in the second half when protesting to the ref. If you increased each of the 46 games over the course of the season by that number, players would play an extra 7.5 matches, effectively. Albion - players and supporters - will have to steel themselves against the risk of errors if this is how Corberan plans to proceed into the season.

Source: Express August 06, 2023 06:03 UTC