West Brom 2 Leicester 3 - Report and pictures
Leicester City came from behind to beat West Brom 3-2 at the Hawthorns for the second time in a row today.
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But Tony Pulis' home side were left ruing some controversial decisions by the officials.
Salomon Rondon's near-post header on the half-hour gave Albion the lead, before two Riyad Mahrez volleys in seven minutes turned the game on its head.
Jamie Vardy then extended Leicester's lead 13 minutes from time with a breakaway goal.
He joined Ruud van Nistelrooy and Daniel Sturridge as only the third player to score in eight consecutive Premier League games.
Rickie Lambert got one back eight minutes from time with a penalty won by substitute Callum McManaman, but the Foxes held on for another 3-2 win after their victory six months ago on Astle Day.
ALBION (4-4-2): Myhill, Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Brunt, Yacob, Fletcher (c), McClean, Sessegnon, Berahino, Rondon.
Subs not used: Lindegaard (GK), Olsson, Chester, Morrison, Gardner, Lambert, McManaman.
LEICESTER (4-4-2): Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan (c), Huth, Schlupp, Albrighton, Kante, Drinkwater, Mahrez, Ulloa, Vardy.
Subs not used: Schwarzer (GK), De Laet, King, Okazaki, Dyer, Chilwell, Inler.[/breakout]
It is the third time this season that Albion have lost 3-2 at the Hawthorns but, today, they can count themselves unlucky.
Mahrez's second goal looked a yard offside and the Baggies also had two strong penalty appeals against Robert Huth waved away, before Anthony Taylor finally pointed to the spot.
Two minutes before half-time Huth wrestled Gareth McAuley to the floor in the box and then when it was 2-1 to Leicester.
The defender clattered into Darren Fletcher, after the Scotsman had controlled the ball on his chest. Before the match, Pulis named an unchanged side for the third successive game.
James Morrison was fit enough to make the bench in place of Victor Anichebe, but the Albion boss did not alter a winning starting line-up.
Claudio Ranieri brought Leonardo Ulloa back into the Leicester team to partner Jamie Vardy up front.
The Argentinian recovered from a knock that ruled him against Crystal Palace last weekend.
Vardy had the ball in the net as early as the fifth minute but the flag had gone up long, before his shot because Ulloa was offside.
The striker looked in the mood and, just three minutes later, he turned Jonny Evans inside out.
He hit inside of Boaz Myhill's near post with a low left-footed shot that ran across the face of goal and clear. The goalkeeper seemed to get a faint touch on the shot.
There was a buzz to Leicester's play, whereas Albion were struggling to create anything meaningful in the opening stages.
Ulloa put a header wide and Marc Albrighton dragged a long-range effort a foot past Myhill's post.
Stephane Sessegnon made the home side's first real glimpse at goal midway through the half.
Twisting back on himself to get to the byline, he worked himself into the Leicester box but his low cross was cleared.
It was the Benin international who created Rondon's opener on the half-hour.
Sessegnon's deliveries from corners were dangerous against Norwich, and he put a wicked one in minutes before the goal.
The Venezuelan had obviously clocked that, because he made a great near-post run that lost Danny Simpson, before glancing a header goalwards that Schmeichel could only palm into the back of his net.
The goal sparked the game into life and, minutes later, a combination of Evans and Fletcher launched themselves into a block that stopped Vardy's effort from troubling Myhill.
Brunt's corner from the other side of the pitch flew threateningly across the Leicester goal, before Myhill saved Ulloa's flicked header with his feet at the other end as the game became stretched.
Two minutes before the break, Albion thought they'd won a penalty when Huth wrestled McAuley to the floor, but referee Taylor said no.
There was still time for James McClean to let fly from outside the box but his effort swerved wide. Sessegnon started the second-half how he finished the first.
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Running at the Leicester back four he fed Rondon on the right, who's low cross was behind Berahino and only a full-stretch tackle from Simpson at the back post stopped McClean from scoring.
In the 57th minute, Mahrez equalised against the run of play, stealing a march on Brunt at the back post and volleying in Albrighton's inviting in-swinging cross.
Three minutes later, Albion had another shout for a penalty when Huth clattered into Fletcher but once again Taylor waved away the appeals.
Mahrez then gave Leicester the lead in controversial circumstances in the 64th minute.
Volleying in Albrighton's deflected cross, the Algerian international looked a yard offside but the assistant referee kept his flag down.
Albion pushed forwards in search of an equaliser, before Vardy scored a breakaway goal that appeared to put the game to bed.
Playing a neat one-two on the half-way line with Danny Drinkwater, the England striker raced away from Albion's defence before calmly finishing past Myhill.
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But the excitement wasn't over and it was two substitutes who dragged the Baggies back into the game.
With eight minutes to go, McManaman drove into the box and went down under a clumsy tackle from Nathan Dyer.
It was arguably the softest shout of the afternoon but, this time, Taylor pointed to the spot.
Lambert, who came on for Saido Berahino, stepped up and calmly rolled the ball in for his first competitive goal for the club to set up a grandstand finish.
Albion peppered the box with deliveries for the dangerous Rondon.
McManaman had two shots from the edge but the first went wide and the second, a much more difficult chance, was volleyed over.
In added time, Lambert nearly latched on to McClean's knock-down but he couldn't direct it at goal and with that went the final chance of an equaliser.
