Mowbray hails battling Baggies

At half-time the Baggies had even looked good value for all three points after they bossed the first 45 minutes, but in the second half it was a different story and it took a brilliant save from Scott Carson to deny substitute Riga Mustapha and keep the visitors on level terms.

Mowbray said: "The pleasing thing was that we stood up to the bombardment that came our way and there are hopefully a few other additions to come that will help us cope with teams like Bolton and the questions they ask you."

He added: "I think it was a game we could easily have got three points from, but we could easily have lost it as well"

Bolton saw Kevin Davies have two late goals chalked off by referee Keith Stroud for offside, while West Brom could also have won it when Do-Heon Kim saw a cracking drive bounce down off the crossbar onto the line.

One or two of the West Brom players appeared to think that Kim's strike had crossed the line before it bounced out - but Mowbray was happy to take the word of the referee and his assistant.

"I'm not interested if the ball was over the line or not," he added. "The referee is the one who makes the decision along with the linesman, so it doesn't matter what I think."

Bolton boss Gary Megson was also questioned about the referee after the game, with the two offside decisions not the only focus of debate.

On more than one occasion the Trotters were given a free-kick right on the edge of the penalty area - one of which led to Carson's wonder save from Riga - with the home players, and supporters, feeling at least one of the offences took place inside the penalty area.

"I haven't seen (the offside goals) again, so it would be wrong of me to say anything either way,'' Megson said. "If he has got them right, good luck to him."