Baggies still flying high

West Brom moved up to fourth in the Barclays Premier League after coming from behind to defeat Fulham 2-1 at the Hawthorns.

The Cottagers went ahead early on when Scott Carson pushed Zoltan Gera's shot on to the post, only for it to bounce back against the goalkeeper and over the line.

But the Baggies were soon level through Youssouf Mulumbu before Marc-Antoine Fortune's goal turned things around in the 40th minute.

The visitors went ahead in the ninth minute thanks to a slice of good luck as Gera collected a pass from Moussa Dembele and unleashed a strike which Carson did well to tip against the post.

Unfortunately for Carson, the ball bounced back off the woodwork, against him and in, and although Gera made a point of not celebrating against his old club, it will go down as an own-goal.

Just after the quarter-hour mark the hosts were level, though, as Chris Brunt's through-ball evaded Fortune but was controlled by Mulumbu, who slotted it past Mark Schwarzer.

Jonas Olsson was then on the end of corner with a looping header that Stephen Kelly cleared off the line.

The home side were back in the ascendancy and with five minutes of the first half remaining, they took the lead. Jerome Thomas picked out Fortune from the by-line and the Frenchman passed the ball beyond Schwarzer and into the net.

Andy Johnson came on for Fulham in place of Diomansy Kamara after the break to make his first appearance since January, but it remained one-way traffic, with Roman Bednar hoisting the ball over Schwarzer and in, only to be flagged offside.

And Baggies fans cried out for a penalty when Thomas appeared to have his shirt pulled by Kelly, but referee Kevin Friend waved play on as West Brom made it seven games unbeaten in all competitions.