it was Cambiasso's unfortunate touch off Wes Morgan's header
in the 47th minute that ensured West Brom took home the
bragging rights.
It now means the Foxes haven't won in the Premier League to
five matches - taking just one point.
The Baggies, meanwhile. have now lost only once in six league
matches.
A disappointing performance last weekend prompted Nigel
Pearson to make four changes to the Leicester line-up as leading
scorer Leonardo Ulloa, without a goal or a shot in his last four
matches, was dropped to the bench.
Marcin Wasilewski was among those to come in and he tested
Ben Foster with an early header from Matty James' corner
before the West Brom keeper almost got himself into trouble
when he carried the ball suspiciously close to the edge of the
penalty area.
Saido Berahino looked dangerous with his pacey runs in behind
Leicester's defence and with quarter of an hour gone, the in-
form striker finally beat the hosts' offside trap but his shot was
held by Kasper Schmeichel.
At the other end, referee Stuart Attwell turned down two penalty
appeals in quick succession as Craig Dawson met a Leicester
free-kick with the top of his arm before Joleon Lescott cleared
out both man and ball after Jamie Vardy had latched onto Craig
Gardner's sloppy back-pass.
It was from set-pieces that the home side looked most likely to
break the deadlock.
Morgan flashed a header wide from another James corner and
moments later City's captain was involved again as the ball
dropped to Danny Drinkwater eight yards out but the
midfielder's shot was blocked.
Leicester's encouraging first-half display was almost undone
shortly before the break by a quick West Brom counter-attack as
Stephane Sessegnon slid through Berahino, who teed up Chris
Brunt on his favoured left foot but the winger fired over.
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