West Brom head coach Carlos Corberan felt his facet performed “towards extra than simply 11 gamers” after a controversial penalty helped Birmingham come from behind to earn a 3-1 derby victory.
Metropolis’s equaliser got here when referee James Linington pointed to the spot after Cedric Kipre’s clumsy lunge on the falling Koji Miyoshi and Juninho Bacuna scored from 12 yards.
From that second, John Eustace’s hosts didn’t look again and Dion Sanderson headed the Blues in entrance within the thirty eighth minute earlier than substitute Gary Gardner sealed victory with an 87th-minute free-kick.
Corberan discovered it troublesome to regulate his anger after the Championship conflict and put himself prone to being punished along with his post-match feedback.
“At the moment we competed towards extra than simply 11 gamers,” stated Corberan.
“It’s troublesome to analyse the sport with out speaking in regards to the penalty as a result of it modified the sport.
“While you’re a coach and you set your life into this work – and I put my life into this work – how do you are feeling?
“It was one motion the place the participant (Miyoshi) slipped in entrance of Kipre, you need to contemplate if it was a penalty.
“Their different two targets got here from a second section set-piece and a free-kick.
“In a month’s time, nobody will bear in mind this, however I’ll always remember this. This motion has had a large affect.
“I really feel emotionally it affected the focus of our gamers as a result of in soccer and in life when one thing is unfair, it’s troublesome to simply accept.”
John Swift put West Brom forward within the fifth minute along with his sixth purpose of the season.
Then got here the hotly-disputed equaliser within the twenty third minute, with Bacuna sending Alex Palmer the fallacious manner for his first Championship purpose of the season.
Birmingham went forward when Dion Sanderson guided a header excessive into the web from Cody Drameh’s deep cross earlier than Gardner curled house a pleasant free-kick from the sting of the world.
Blues head coach Eustace admitted: “I believed he was blowing for a nook however I didn’t see the incident.
“However I believe it was a real Birmingham Metropolis efficiency – we performed some thrilling soccer at occasions however we needed to dig in and combat at occasions and that togetherness is what this soccer membership is all about.
“We had to try this at occasions and I couldn’t be any prouder of the gamers and the followers.”
Metropolis celebrated with a lap of honour and Eustace added: “I really like successful video games and I’m an emotional individual.
“Tonight was a particular evening – we had been taking part in West Bromwich Albion at house in entrance of a full home, dwell on the telly and it was an enormous sport.”
