- Leicester City come from behind to draw 1-1 with West Bromwich Albion
- The Foxes went behind to a Nacer Chadli free kick before Riyad Mahrez equalised
- Substitutes Ben Chilwell and Islam Slimani combined to set up Mahrez's goal
- Craig Shakespeare was pleased with how well his team adopted a change of system in the second half
After a cagey first 45 minutes, the Foxes came flying out of the blocks in the second half and were unfortunate to go behind to a Nacer Chadli free kick – West Brom’s first shot on target in the match.
The Foxes rallied though, and after a couple of substitutions and a switch of formation to 3-5-2 from Shakespeare, Riyad Mahrez drew the hosts level with 10 minutes remaining, although they couldn’t force the winner.
“When you make changes, regardless of shape, what you’re looking for from your substitutes is to make an impact,” reflected Shakespeare.
“I think both subs (Ben Chilwell and Islam Slimani) did that. Of course we changed shape and as I said earlier, you’re mindful that you don’t want to be too open. You want your players to attack in that shape but you don’t want to leave yourself too open.
“I’ve got to be pleased with the way they went about it when we’ve not really worked on it too much. As I’ve said before, you’ve got to be adaptable, whether you start with a different shape that they aren’t used to or you introduce it. I’m really pleased with the subs.
“We’ve probably had more possession tonight than we’ve had in most of our previous games. We spoke at half-time about moving the ball quicker and not letting them have that deep set-block because West Brom are very, very resilient and hard to break down.
“When you go 1-0 down at home and you’re after that win, the strength of character of the players showed. We had the chances to win the game but it ultimately left us a bit open because of our endeavour to try to win the game.”