REDS CASH IN TO BAG POINT

But Bilic convinced his troops will go up

- Tim Nash

SLAVEN Bilic claims West Brom will achieve their promotion dream if they continue to perform as they did in an incident-packed draw against Nottingham Forest at The Hawthorns.

Albion twice led only for Matty Cash to earn Forest a point at the death, before Bilic’s side were denied a winner for offside with virtually the last kick of the game.

Both managers agreed Albion’s second goal, an own goal by Tobias Figueiredo, should not have been allowed because of a challenge on Sammy Ameobi earlier in the move.

But head coach Bilic believes his team, who extended their lead to seven points for two-and-a-half hours, is on track to return to the Premier League.

“I told the guys I’m going to be disappointed and they’re frustrated, but if we continue like this, with the same patterns, focus, energy, and quality, then we really have a good chance to do what we want to do,” said Bilic.

“This was our best performance, whatever the result – the only thing that was missing was to kill the game at 2-1. But some of our finishing was not good enough, and the keeper made a few good saves.”