Derby fightback stuns Baggies

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Tom Ince scored the winner as Derby came from behind to beat West Brom 2-1 in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday.

The winger curled in a free-kick just four minutes after Darren Bent equalised for the visitors to earn victory at The Hawthorns.

In-form Matt Phillips had given Premier League Albion the lead but the Rams hit back to beat a side in a higher division in the cup for the first time since knocking out Sheffield United in 1986.

West Brom lost to Sky Bet Championship Reading last season and the Premier League side repeated the trick against Derby having failed to recover from going behind, with Craig Dawson coming closest to levelling after hitting the post.

Derby now have just one defeat in their last 12 games but it could have been different after they nearly gifted the Baggies an early opener.

Scott Carson presented Salomon Rondon the ball on the edge of the box but was spared by a brilliant sliding challenge from Richard Keogh, who hooked Rondon’s shot off the line.

Despite the gaffe, Derby had begun the brighter but failed to threaten until the 23rd minute when Boaz Myhill, one of four Albion …

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