Robert Huth's picture irks Albion fans

Leicester City defender Robert Huth has irked West Brom fans by tweeting a picture of himself manhandling Gareth McAuley to the ground in the box.

The German posted the photo with the simple message, #playon.

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Known for his robust defending, Huth could have given away two penalties on the day.

When he wrestled McAuley to the floor, two minutes before the half-time whistle, the whole Birmingham Road End rose as one to appeal.

Referee Anthony Taylor said no but, amazingly, that wasn't Huth's greatest misdemeanour in the box.

In the second-half, he clattered into Darren Fletcher at speed after the Albion captain had controlled the ball on his chest.

Perhaps realising he was lucky to escape those two incidents unpunished, Huth tweeted the photo after the game.

Although it was, understandably, warmly received by Leicester fans, not all Albion fans were impressed.

Andy Room said: "Strictly Premier League dancing or a foul in the box! Poor refereeing again!"

Chris Griff tweeted the photo saying: "How was this not a penalty?" and Holly Clifton said: "Didn't even show this one on Match Of The Day!"

Albion had a third penalty appeal denied on top of the two incidents involving Huth.

Four minutes before the German defender's challenge on McAuley in the first half, Leonardo Ulloa pulled Jonny Evans back in the box.

It stopped the Albion centre-half meeting Chris Brunt's inswinging corner with his head.

Afterwards, both the left-back and Baggies boss Tony Pulis asked how it hadn't been given, considering how close Taylor was to it.

But it was Huth's barge on Fletcher in the second half that sparked the most outrage.

Once Albion's midfielder regained his whereabouts, he looked disbelievingly at Taylor.

If that wasn't enough to irritate Albion fans, Riyad Mahrez's second goal looked offside too.

Pulis signed Huth for Stoke City back in 2009 and knows all about the defender's industrious challenges.

But, after the game, the Albion head coach wrote to referees' chief Mike Riley about the officiating and there were calls among fans to drop Taylor down to the Championship.

Although he was furious about the three penalty decisions, Brunt was more understanding when it came to the offside.

He said: "I didn't think much of it, at the time. It's probably a difficult one, with the ball deflecting up in the air and so many different things happening all at once.

"You get some, you don't get some. If he is offside I'm sure it's pretty tight."

Admitting that defensively Albion were not at the races, the full-back was magnanimous in defeat.

He said: "You can't really look for excuses. The goals we did concede we didn't defend well enough for."