West Brom surge into top six

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West Brom leapfrogged Watford into the Premier League’s top six after a fiery 3-1 win at The Hawthorns on Saturday.

Two set-piece goals from Jonny Evans and Chris Brunt in the first half helped Tony Pulis’ side into the lead despite Watford’s strong start, before Christian Kabasele pulled one back for the visitors after the break. 

Walter Mazzarri was furious with a number of refereeing decisions as his side searched for an equaliser, with Roberto Pereyra seeing red late on for Watford, who sit bottom of the fairplay table.

Matt Phillips sealed the win against their 10-man opponents with a sweet strike in added time to see West Brom also move above Manchester United and Everton ahead of their Super Sunday clash. 

Pulis named an unchanged West Brom side from the 1-1 draw at Hull City, while Mazzarri was forced into four changes to his team which lost 1-0 to Stoke last weekend.

The changes also led Mazzarri to switch to a 4-4-2 formation, which pegged West Brom back in the opening stages, with Nordin Amrabat’s swinging strike forcing a surprised Ben Foster into …

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