Hull 1-1 West Brom: Michael Dawson denies Baggies third straight Premier League win

Michael Dawson's late equaliser denied West Brom a third straight Premier League win and salvaged a 1-1 draw for struggling Hull.

Gareth McAuley headed home a Matty Phillips corner (34) as the Baggies dominated the opening half and looked destined to add to recent victories over Leicester and Burnley.

But an improved performance in the second half from the hosts finally yielded a point when Dawson poked home via the inside of the near post (72) after Robert Snodgrass' free-kick was knocked down to his feet.

The draw was not enough to lift Hull out of the bottom three, instead moving them level on points with West Ham and Crystal Palace, but it made sure they avoided a seventh defeat in nine matches.

Mike Phelan's unchanged side looked to be heading for that outcome as the confident Baggies bossed the first half, with James Morrison firing early shots at goal and Darren Fletcher sending a header over the crossbar.

West Brom's full-backs Allan Nyom and Craig Dawson had great joy down each flank but could not provide the quality delivery needed to make the breakthrough.

That task came down to Phillips, whose pacey corner set McAuley up to guide his header down into the net beneath stumbling Hull City defenders.

Phelan introduced Adama Diomande for the second half and his injection of direct running buoyed the side, and the midfielder forced Ben Foster into his first save of the game on 50 minutes.

Jake Livermore than had two excellent chances to level, the second capping off a wonderful one-touch move that incorporated six Hull players, but ended with an easy stop for Foster.

Foster saved another shot from Snodgrass as Hull piled on the pressure, and the Scotland forward's endeavour was rewarded when his free-kick was knocked down by Dieumerci Mbokani and fell to Dawson to poke home.

Pulis introduced the returning Nacer Chadli with 10 minutes left, and he, fellow substitute Hal Robson-Kanu and Solomon Rondon all had chances to grab a late winner.

Chadli curled a great free-kick towards the top-near corner that was palmed away by David Marshall before close-range headers for Robson-Kanu and Rondon, both from James McClean crosses, failed to find the target.

Player ratings

Hull: Marshall (7); Elmohamady (7), Davies (7), Dawson (8), Tymon (7); Livermore (7), Mason (5); Henriksen (5), Snodgrass (8), Clucas (6); Mbokani (5)

Subs used: Meyler (6), Robertson (6), Diomande (7)

West Brom:  Foster (7); Dawson (7), McAuley (8), Evans (7), Nyom (7); Yacob (6), Fletcher (7); Brunt (7), Morrison (8), Phillips (8); Rondon (6)

Subs used: Robson-Kanu (5), McClean (7), Chadli (7)

Man of the match: Michael Dawson