Potter: Albion effort rewarded

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Head coach was delighted with his side's application in 1-1 draw against the champions.

Charlie Hanson

2020-11-28T15:55:00Z

Graham Potter was impressed by his side's efforts in the 1-1 draw with Liverpool.

Graham Potter believes a point was no less than Albion deserved from their match against Liverpool.

Pascal Gross' injury time penalty ensured the hosts came away with a point after Diogo Jota had put the reigning Premier League champions ahead midway through the second half.

“Performance wise we were really, really good,” Potter said. “We put a lot into the game, you're playing against a top opponent and you have to play with courage, intensity and personality.

“We created some opportunities, the margins were in our favour but we deserved that because of our level of performance.

“We've had a lot of drama in the 90-plus minutes this season. Credit to Pascal, he is that type of character – reliable and a team player. I am pleased for him.”

Albion might feel aggrieved they didn't have more to show for their exploits with Neal Maupay missing a first-half penalty.

“That's football. We had a penalty you want to score, but that happens sometimes. Apart from the opening ten minutes we asked a real question of Liverpool.

“With a bit of luck we could have taken the lead, but that's life. The thought is then how long can you sustain that for? I thought we sustained it quite well, but gradually Liverpool came back into it. But we put so much effort in and I am really proud of the players.”

Liverpool were denied twice by VAR on the afternoon, before playing its part in Albion's penalty award.

VAR will no doubt be the talking point again as it denied Liverpool two goals for offside, and referee Stuart Attwell consulted his monitor before awarding the second Albion penalty.

“We will always look at VAR because before we were looking at referee's and linesmen's decisions. It's part of football that we question every decision, we want to try and get the right decision.

“Football is played by human beings. There are going to be some mistakes and errors, including from the officials. We will be on the wrong end of them sometimes, but we will also be on the right end of them.

“We've got to accept that VAR is here and try and support it as best we can and not get too carried away with decisions because they're nothing we can control.”