EPL: Leicester fight back to beat West Brom 3-2

London: Bottom-of-the-table Leicester came from behind three times to secure a dramatic 3-2 win away to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday which gave them hope of avoiding relegation from the Premier League.

Jamie Vardy`s stoppage-time winner capped a stunning fightback by Nigel Pearson`s side, who are now three points from safety with seven games remaining.

Darren Fletcher gave the Baggies an early lead and, soon after David Nugent`s equaliser, they were 2-1 in front through Craig Gardner before Robert Huth equalised ten minutes from the end of normal time.

Vardy completed the come-from-behind win in the 91st minute and Leicester held on for just their sixth league win this season. 

West Brom had designated this match `Jeff Astle Day` in memory of their late former striker, who scored the club`s winning goal in their 1-0 1968 FA Cup final victory over Everton at Wembley.

Players took the field wearing a replica of the Baggies` 1968 Cup final kit - plain white shirts, shorts and red socks -- rather than their usual home blue and white stripes.

However, there was a sombre edge to the nostalgia with the match marking the launch of the Jeff Astle Foundation, a charity set up by his family following the England World Cup forward`s death from dementia aged 59 in January 2002.

An inquest coroner ruled Astle had suffered "death by industrial disease" as a result of his repeated heading of old-fashioned heavy leather footballs, prompting fears that other players of his generation might be similarly affected. 

It was with a header that former Manchester United midfielder Fletcher gave the Baggies an eighth-minute lead when he glanced in a corner.

Esteban Cambiasso hooked the ball out but goal-line technology showed the Argentina midfielder`s intervention had come too late to prevent the Baggies going ahead.

Leicester equalised in the 20th minute when, following Leonardo Ulloa`s downward header, Nugent poked in from close range.

However, the Foxes were only level for a matter of minutes before Gardner`s shot deflected in off Leicester defender Wes Morgan.

But a frantic finale saw former Chelsea and Stoke defender Huth head Leicester level in the 80th minute after the Baggies failed to deal with a set-piece.

And there was one more twist when Vardy, after dispossessing Gareth Macauley, sprinted forward and beat Boaz Myhill with a low shot across the Baggies goalkeeper from the edge of the box.