Albion suffered late heartbreak to lose 2-1 against league leaders Leicester City at The Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon.
During a frantic final 15 minutes, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall put the Foxes in front before Josh Maja thought he had earned Carlos Corberán’s men a draw towards the end.
However, the visitors stole it in stoppage time - Harry Winks coverting a clinical counter-attack to hand them all three Sky Bet Championship points.
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The boss made three changes to his starting XI following the midweek win in Cardiff, as Semi Ajayi, Matt Phillips and Brandon Thomas-Asante replaced Kyle Bartley, John Swift and Jed Wallace.
Leicester were stronger in the early stages, James Justin curling over before Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall had a goal disallowed for offside.
But the Baggies grew into it and struck the post midway through the half via Cedric Kipre’s volley. Thomas-Asante also saw an effort saved and Phillips smashed a one over in a particularly good spell.
City did trouble the woodwork themselves, Darnell Furlong diverting Stephy Mavididi’s effort to Alex Palmer’s near stick, and also went close through Kelechi Iheanacho’s low drive - which went mere inches wide.
Despite those chances, the match was level come the interval with neither side able to break the deadlock during an interesting opening 45 minutes.
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Albion created a couple of opportunities straight after half-time, however Grady Diangana’s shot was diverted over and Kipre curled into Hermansen’s arms from range.
Leicester were the team to strike first, though. Wilfred Ndidi’s cross found Dewsbury-Hall, and the attacking midfielder nodded home to hand them a 75th minute lead.
The Baggies thought they had stolen a well-deserved point with 60 seconds of normal time remaining, Maja poking in to score his first goal since joining the club.
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They went searching for a winner yet, unfortunately, got caught on the break in the 94th minute - Leicester pouring forward and Dewsbury-Hall assisting Winks to tap home, condemning Albion to a rare Hawthorns defeat.
Albion: Palmer; Furlong, Ajayi, Kipre, Townsend; Yokuslu (Chalobah 86), Mowatt (Molumby 75); Diangana (Maja 75), Phillips (Swift 45), Sarmiento (Fellows 75); Thomas-Asante.
Substitutes: Griffiths, Taylor, Pieters, Pipa.
Attendance: 24,382 (2,009).