Liverpool display was best ever to Ben Foster

West Brom hero Ben Foster today hailed his match-winning display at Liverpool as the performance of his life.

The Baggies goalkeeper starred in last night's 2-0 success at Anfield with a string of fine saves including a block from Steven Gerrard's second-half penalty.

And the 29-year-old believes last night's Premier League display was the best he has ever produced.

"The penalty save probably just made it," said Foster. "I played a really good game for Blues against Chelsea at St Andrew's which we won 1-0 and Lee Bowyer scored.

"I played well in that game and the Carling Cup final was great. But with the penalty save and the fact we were playing at Anfield, this probably just tops it. And the fact we needed the win so badly was probably just the icing on the cake. This was a really sweet one."

Last night's win ended a run of eight matches without a win and provided the Baggies with the perfect response to controversies involving Peter Odemwingie, Goran Popov and Jonas Olsson.

And Foster admitted: "It feels sweet, not only because of the difficult run but also because of the negativity that's been going on and has been played out in the press as well.

"We showed that we haven't let any of that affect us. We kept together as a team and a unit and we just carried on."

Foster's 77th-minute penalty save from Gerrard proved a critical moment and the former England man revealed a hunch from goalkeeping coach Dean Kiely helped him guess which way to dive.

"I did have an idea what to do," said Foster.

"Deano will always show me the recent penalties of the person that takes them and, in all honesty, they were a bit scattered, left and right. Deano just said 'if I were you I'd go down to your left'. You try to use your instincts too, and they told me to go left as well, and fortunately I managed to save it."