Bristol City travelled to West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday night with high expectations writes Will Collins

But these expectations were quickly quashed despite City starting the better of the two sides.

Missed opportunities cost City dearly as the Baggies capitalised early in the game to go 3-0 up.

It wasn’t a fair reflection on the balance of play and City continued to take the game to their hosts in the second half.

Lloyd Kelly got a goal back for City but it was soon cancelled out by Harvey Barnes for West Brom.

Famara Diedhiou had only been on the pitch for 10 minutes before he got another goal back for City, the French player’s curling effort gave City hope. But this was a stretch too far for us against a side that will surely be promoted back to the Premier League come May.

Three days before the West Brom defeat, City made it four wins in a row with victory over Sheffield United in a close encounter at Ashton Gate on Saturday.

We started the game with real intent and looked odds-on to get a goal early on, but the Blades held firm.

After the first 15 minutes the away side settled into the game and looked the more likely to score.

But City were resilient, and the visitors struggled to create any chances of note.

City improved after half-time and should've been ahead before the eventual winner came.

Substitute Callum O’Dowda’s wonderfully weighted cross was deftly flicked by the head of Watkins in the 81st minute to give City the vital goal

in this tight meeting between two of the division’s early pacesetters.

City will travel to Wigan Athletic on Friday night, 7.45pm kick off, for a game that will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.

Like City, the Latics have enjoyed a good start to the season and are unbeaten at home so this represents another tough test for City.

This will be followed by another difficult fixture, again on a Friday night when Aston Villa visit Ashton Gate on September 29.