Mikey Johnston found his missing goal touch as West Bromwich Albion

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Mikey Johnston found his missing goal touch as West Bromwich Albion beat Bristol City to win at home for only the fourth time this season.

The Glasgow-born Republic of Ireland international end. His personal drought with two strikes in nine first-half minutes. His first goals since April.

That leaves Carlos Corberan’s Baggies seventh in the Championship at Christmas, level on 35 points with sixth-placed Middlesbrough, to make it a ‘Feliz Navidad’ for their Spanish boss – as The Hawthorns’ stadium sound system reminded him at the final whistle.

But, for Bristol City, it is now four games without a win, to leave them 12th – eight points off the play-off pack.

After a terribly disappointing opening half-hour ทางเข้า ufabet stalemate involving two teams. Who have drawn 20 games between them this season, the game suddenly erupted into life on 34 minutes with the first of Johnston’s quickfire double.

Winger Tom Fellows got to the right byeline, curled over a lovely hanging right-foot cross and Johnston, only recalled after a hamstring injury to Karlan Grant, arrived unmarked on the edge of the six-yard box to head home.

It was his first goal in 25 Albion appearances since 6 April – yet his next one arrived only nine minutes later.

Having picked up the ball in space on the left, he cut inside, picked his way into the City penalty area and then curled a right-foot beauty inside the far-right upright – a welcome reminder of three of last season’s quality strikes in a Baggies shirt.

The visitors almost responded before half-time. When Anis Mehmeti’s far-post cross found Luke McNally’s head but Albion goalkeeper Alex Palmer palmed it over the bar.

But, other than forcing an early second-half Palmer save from Fally Mayulu, City had little response in an increasingly dispiriting second-half for the visitors.

Johnston twice went close before his hopes of a hat-trick were ended by his withdrawal on 73 minutes to allow fit-again Grady Diangana a return to action.

Top scorer Josh Maja and substitute Uros Racic also tested Max O’Leary before fellow sub Devante Cole was fed by Diangana but could only poke the ball past the far post at full stretch – a miss that cost Albion a place in the top six.