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Slaven Bilic’s free-scoring side stumbled over the line but the manager believes his players can thrive in the top flight
For West Bromwich Albion it was not an entirely comfortable climax to a marathon season but, fittingly, it was entertaining, if nerve-shredding. One of the reasons they were ultimately immovable from the top two – the club spent the last 297 days of the season in the automatic promotion places, the final few with elbows out to fend off competition – was their product in the final third. Grady Diangana’s magical footwork in the buildup to Callum Robinson’s goal against QPR on Wednesday was a microcosm of the manner in which they have attacked with panache, incisively breaking to feast on opposition defences, be it wriggling out of holes or switching on the afterburners.
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