West Brom held in drab draw
WEST BROM 0
MIDDLESBROUGH 0
West Bromwich Albion missed a chance to move into the Premier League's top-six when they were held to a 0-0 draw by Middlesbrough yesterday despite making the better chances in a dull game.
Albion were the more progressive side but visiting goalkeeper Brad Guzan saved comfortably from James McClean and defender Brendan Galloway.
The home side might have had a penalty when striker Salomon Rondon clearly had his shirt held by Ben Gibson and Albion's Craig Dawson headed narrowly wide from a corner in the second half.
Middlesbrough, promoted last season under Spaniard Aitor Karanka, took 73 minutes to have a shot on target but held on to maintain their unbeaten record after three games.
- Reuters.
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