West Brom boss Tony Pulis reveals Ben Foster missed Leicester tie with a knee injury he sustained while playing with his son: 'It's an enormous worry for us'
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- Boaz Myhill deputised in goal for the Baggies after an injury to No 1 Ben Foster
- Boss Tony Pulis revealed Foster injured his knee during the international break
West Brom head coach Tony Pulis revealed a knee injury kept Ben Foster out of Monday night's 1-1 draw at Leicester.
Albion have yet to determine the extent of the injury, which the 34-year-old goalkeeper sustained during the international break while playing in the garden with his children.
However, Pulis admitted he is worried about the problem given Foster missed 10 months in the 2015-16 season with anterior cruciate ligament damage.
West Brom head coach Tony Pulis revealed a knee injury kept Ben Foster out at Leicester
Pulis revealed Foster hurt his knee while playing with his son out the back garden
The Baggies boss admitted that Foster's absence is an 'enormous worry' for his side
To compound his goalkeeping problems, stand-in Boaz Myhill, making his first Premier League start since April 2016 in Foster's absence, also finished the match at the King Power Stadium with an injury.
'I don't know what happened with Bo as he was taken straight to the drug testers, so I don't know if it was his hamstring, his back or his groin,' said Pulis.
'I sent Gouldy (Jonathan Gould, goalkeeping coach) round to ask him if he wanted to come off and he said he was fine.
'Bo was in because Ben has hurt his knee, which is an enormous worry for us because I think he is one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League. We'll have to check as it might be minor, so it will be scanned.
'We need to find out exactly what it is before we move on and at the moment we don't know exactly what it is.
'He was playing with his son in the back garden and he's just tweaked his knee and because he's had the cruciate we are a little bit concerned. There was no way in a million years we were going to take the risk with him tonight.'
To compound his goalkeeping problems, stand-in Boaz Myhill finished the match with an injury
Leicester striker Jamie Vardy collided with the Wales international during the second half
Ahmed Hegazy was forced to take goal kicks for the rest of Monday evening's draw
Leicester were unable to end their home hoodoo against West Brom, who are now unbeaten in eight visits to the King Power Stadium, formerly the Walkers Stadium, winning five, and it always looked like a record they would extend after Nacer Chadli gave them the lead with a superb 30-yard free-kick just after the hour mark.
Riyad Mahrez equalised with 10 minutes remaining, but Leicester were unable to go on and get that elusive victory, meaning the last time they won at home against West Brom was January 1994, Iwan Roberts scoring twice in a 4-2 success at Filbert Street.
Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare, a former player, coach and caretaker manager for West Brom, was pleased to see Mahrez respond with a positive performance after he was dropped at Bournemouth prior to the international break.
Riyad Mahrez equalised with 10 minutes remaining, but Leicester were unable to go on and win
Foxes boss Craig Shakespeare said he was delighted to see the Algerian on the scoresheet
'He didn't go away with Algeria and stayed at the training ground and worked really hard and gave me an issue in terms of starting him tonight,' said Shakespeare.
'He had an opportunity before that, which with his quality he'd expect to score and he'll probably be disappointed about that.
'But he showed again that he's got that character to keep going and he got his reward with the goal. It was a great first touch by Riyad and a really good finish.'
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