Baggies too strong for Wolves

FA Cup fifth round/Wolves 0 West Brom 3: West Brom's deadly forward combination of Diomansy Kamara and Kevin Phillips propelled…

FA Cup fifth round/Wolves 0 West Brom 3:West Brom's deadly forward combination of Diomansy Kamara and Kevin Phillips propelled Tony Mowbray's side to victory in their FA Cup fourth-round derby against Wolves at Molineux.

Kamara's pace posed problems throughout to the home back four — and he gave Albion the lead with his 15th goal of the campaign.

Then the evergreen Phillips, in a rich vein of form, effectively killed off the contest early in the second period with his 12th strike so far this season.

Baggies substitute Zoltan Gera completed the scoring only a couple of minutes after being brought on by Mowbray in what was a repeat of this season's result at The Hawthorns in the Coca-Cola Championship.

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Albion had enough chances to have doubled their tally, and their creativity and fluency constantly troubled Wolves — with Jason Koumas prominent.

The home side had their fair share of possession and carved out some threatening positions from the flanks. but they lacked a cutting edge — and an Albion defence, in which Neil Clement excelled, was seldom fully extended.