Nat Phillips’ own goal deep into stoppage time helped Leicester rescue a 1-1 draw from under the nose of West Brom at the Hawthorns. Leicester were staring down the barrel of a second league defeat of the season but a late equaliser extended their own unbeaten run to five matches while denying West Brom the chance to climb into the top two before the rest of the weekend’s action.
The hosts were looking to respond to back-to-back defeats and they went ahead in the 10th minute thanks to a brilliant goal from Samuel Iling-Junior, who grabbed his first in West Brom colours. The visitors were limited to half-chances in the second period in what looked to be a frustrating second half until Phillips put into his own goal which sent the travelling contingent wild as Leicester rescued a fifth point from losing positions this season.
Leicester started brightly and a decent chance fell the way of Jordan Ayew in the third minute but he sent a one-touch finish across goal. West Brom had the opening goal of the contest with their first real foray forward and finished thanks to a piece of brilliance from Iling-Junior. Aune Heggebø flicked it off to the England Under-21 international and he danced his way round the challenge of several defenders before he slipped the ball beyond the onrushing Jakub Stolarczyk.
That did not seem to knock the spirit of Leicester who showed plenty of intent going forward, Jordan James saw an effort deflect over the bar before Harry Winks tried an audacious volley but Joshua Griffiths was yet to be troubled.
Jayson Molumby forced Stolarczyk into the first save of the contest with an effort from range and was alert enough to keep out Heggebø a couple of minutes later. Griffiths was brought into action straight after the interval as a cross picked out Jannik Vestergaard but he was not able to power his header beyond the goalkeeper.
West Brom could have had a second when Ayew failed to deal with a ball into the box and the ball fell kindly for George Campbell but whacked it into the side netting from a tight angle.
Josh Maja came off the bench and twice had a chance to bury the contest, firstly when his goalbound effort was blocked behind by Wout Faes before Maja blasted over with the goal at his mercy in stoppage time. And Leicester punished him for those missed chances when they levelled the scores three minutes into stoppage time.
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Abdul Fatawu proved menacing all night and he lifted a hopeful ball into the box which picked out Bobby De Cordova-Reid and his effort was turned into his own goal by Phillips.
