11 August 2009

Bury 0 West Bromwich Albion 2

An early Graham Dorrans strike and an own goal were enough to give Roberto Di Matteo his first win as Baggies boss.

The Midlands club dominated throughout the ninety minutes and never looked like suffering a cup upset from the moment they opened the scoring.

That goal came after only five minutes when Captain Paul Scott failed to clear a long ball forward for Bury. Portuguese winger Filipe Teixeira pounced and the ball fell into the path of Graham Dorrans, who produced a composed finish from the edge of the box.

From then on, the West Bromwich midfield took over the game and it was no surprise when they extended their lead further after 24 minutes.

Bury were enjoying their most promising moment of the game, but after a cross produced nothing the gulf in class between the two teams was epitomised by the clinical nature of the Championship sides counter attack.

Debutant Ruben Reid led the charge, exchanging one twos with Craig Beattie before the Scot fired a ball across goal which was diverted into his own net by back tracking Michael Jones.

Before half time, summer signing Simon Cox had a goal ruled out for a marginal offside, an occurrence which would again deny the striker his first Albion goal in the second half.

Bury enjoyed more of the play in the second half after failing to test Dean Kiely in the first, but first Michael Jones and then Ryan Lowe spurned the best opportunities they created.

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