LONDON
\nLeicester City needed a stoppage time own goal from Nat Phillips to secure a scrappy barely deserved 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns on Friday.
\nWest Brom, who lost their last two matches, took the lead in the 10th minute thanks to a brilliant goal from Samuel Iling-Junior, his first since joining on loan from Premier League neighbours Aston Villa.
\nAune Heggebo 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 beautifully beyond the onrushing Jakub Stolarczyk.
\nLeicester battled away but couldn\u2019t find a way through the Baggies\u2019 defence and it was the home side who came closest to putting the game to bed.
\nSubstitute Josh Maja had two fine chances, the first blocked by Wout Faes and the seond blasted over the bar with the goal at his mercy in stoppage time. Leicester made him pay three minutes into added time when Abdul Fatawu\u2019s hopeful ball into the box was turned into his own goal by Phillips. \u201cThe more we chased a result, the more emotional it was,\u201d Leicester City manager Marti Cifuentes told Sky Sports.
\n\u201cIn an open situation, we were chasing what we wanted, to get at least one point from this game.\u201d The point extended Leicester\u2019s unbeaten run to five matches and lifts them into third place behind Middlesbrough and Stoke City. West Brom are just a point behind them in sixth.
\n\u201cI am bitterly disappointed,\u201d said West Brom coach Ryan Mason.
\n\u201cWe need to punish teams and kill the game off, we played really well, limited them, created chances.
\n\u201cI thought we were the better team, should have won the game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LONDON Leicester City needed a stoppage time own goal from Nat Phillips to secure a scrappy barely deserved 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns on Friday. West Brom, who lost their last two matches, took the lead in the 10th minute thanks to a brilliant goal from Samuel Iling-Junior, his first since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-505492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n