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Kenneth Zohore scored his first goal for West Bromwich Albion after joining from Cardiff City in July

Summer signing Kenneth Zohore rescued a point for West Bromwich Albion with a late penalty equaliser to deny Reading a rare away win.

On-loan Liverpool starlet Ovie Ejaria looked set to be the Royals' matchwinner when, in a game of few chances, he smashed in a right-foot stunner on 71 minutes.

But the evening suddenly turned sour for Ejaria when he was judged to have brought down Filip Krovinovic with just two minutes left - and Zohore's left-foot finish from the spot into the left corner sent keeper Rafael Cabral the wrong way.

Albion probably deserved a point. But they had already had a steam of weak, increasingly desperate penalty appeals turned down. And the initial impression was that, although Ejaria's challenge might have been a little rash, Krovinovic had gone down too easily this time too.

After starting well with an early tide of Albion pressure, the visitors could then have been stung when John Swift's curling right-foot free kick over the wall had to be parried away by home keeper Sam Johnstone.

But, from then on, chances were sporadic. Matt Phillips had a half volley dragged wide, then had a shot deflected over and on-loan Grady Diangana, like Charlie Austin on his full Albion league debut, almost jinked his way through.

At the start of the second half, Darnell Furlong then got to the right byline to pull back and Austin's low shot forced keeper Rafael Carbal to save with his legs.

Diangana also homed on goal with a menacing run only to power his finish over the bar.

Then came the big breakthrough when Ejaria jinked his way to the edge of the box unchallenged, then lashed a ferocious right-foot screamer past a startled Johnstone - and Albion could not argue that it had not been coming.

After Reading had scored, Albion sub Zohore came on and twice might have done better, blazing over, then firing straight at Cabral. But, when he got his best chance from the penalty spot, he did not fail.

It was Albion's third failure to win at home this season under Slaven Bilic, a bizarre statistic after ending last term with six straight home victories under caretaker boss Jimmy Shan. But, having been one down with two minutes left, the Baggies still had cause to be very grateful for a point.

West Bromwich Albion head coach Slaven Bilic told BBC Sport:

"This was our best performance yet against a good team who have players who can frustrate you.

"I am happy with the way we are playing but I am not happy that we only have eight points to show for it. We should have more points and we should have more goals.

"It was a brilliant goal from Ovie Ejaria but it should have been a four to us for a foul on Romaine Sawyers, who had their players jumping all over him.

"I am very pleased for Kenneth Zohore. It is not easy to come off the bench and take a penalty but that will have done his confidence good."

Reading manager Jose Gomes told BBC Radio Berkshire:

"It's a very good sign that we feel frustrated and disappointed to have only come away with a point.

"It means we were close to getting a win. At some stages, they were better than us and controlled possession better with the danger they can pose outside our box.

"But, we didn't allow them to get through to our box too often so I'm very happy with the way we defended and the brave spirit shown to fight.

"We must keep the ball for longer to create more chances, but I think this West Brom side will be really difficult to beat, they a very strong side.

""I don't want to talk about the referee. But it is very disappointing for it to end like that when you think you have the points in your pocket."