Albion came from behind again as they took the points against Brentford.
Their third win from arrears this season produced plenty of talking points.
Here are five things we saw and/or heard.
The table doesn't lie
The home win run goes on for Albion – and now the stats are starting to show that. Fourteen points from a possible 18 puts them second behind Manchester City in the home-only table after six games, pending Arsenal’s result in the North London derby on Sunday. Perhaps pleasingly, we can now think about two points which were clawed back as well as four which got away against Fulham and Spurs.
Boos - how loud and how long?
Were there boos at half-time? We heard a few, but just a few, from our press box seats in the West Lower but they were right on the whistle and lasted maybe five seconds. The weather and the lack of serious Albion threat were also contributions to a general feel of gloom at that stage of the afternoon, to add to the scoreline.
Dunk landmark - eventually
Lewis Dunk’s 450th league appearance eventually arrived in the second half and was only his tenth as a substitute. His contribution was huge in the change of momentum. That 450 includes two games on loan for Bristol City 12 years ago, the first of which was a 2-1 defeat at home to Brentford. Appearance 500 for the Seagulls in all competitions is still due to be the home game against Aston Villa.
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Set-piece test
Albion again defended well against set-pieces, following similar tests against Crystal Palace and Arsenal. And they almost scored from a Brentford set-play. After they cleared a long throw, Ferdi Kadioglu sprinted from the edge of one penalty to the edge of the other before flashing a shot wide, just a couple of minutes after Danny Welbeck’s equaliser.
Rutter's unsung role
Georginio Rutter ran to congratulate Bart Verbruggen at full-time and was among players to celebrate the win wholeheartedly. While he did not score, the Frenchman’s willingness to chase and ability to win the ball back on a handful of occasions gave fans something to get behind when the afternoon was not going so well. And he also had an unattributed assist of sorts as he stepped aside to let Jack Hinshelwood’s winner bounce its way into the bottom corner.
