Carlos Corberan's feelings on "equal" West Brom and Southampton play-off draw and 'emotional' atmosphere
Satisfied Albion boss Carlos Corberan felt a draw was the right outcome in the play-off semi-final first leg against Southampton – and labelled the atmosphere the best of his career as head coach.
There was nothing to separate the Baggies and the Saints, who will go at it to find a winner in Friday night's second leg at St Mary's for a place at Wembley.
The sides shared two or three goalscoring opportunities on a baking day at The Hawthorns, where the backdrop and occasion was a highlight for the Baggies boss.
Grady Diangana forced saves from Alex McCarthy with a first-half header and tame second-half strike, while Darnell Furlong prodded just wide. Home goalkeeper Alex Palmer saved from Flynn Downes and impressively kept out substitute Ross Stewart's deflected effort.
Corberan said: "Very equal, very balanced, a very tough game, as you can expect when we are fighting with four teams to go to the Premier League – the best league in the world, you can only expect tough and difficult challenges. The key is you need to enjoy beating the difficulty and challenge.
"I think in general probably we created similar type of chances.
