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Leicester boss Nigel Pearson calls for calm despite late win at West Brom

Leicester manager Nigel Pearson is refusing to get carried away but insists the Foxes are right in the survival hunt after their late show at West Brom.

Jamie Vardy's 90th-minute strike clinched a deserved win for Leicester as they came from behind twice to seal a 3-2 victory.

Robert Huth had levelled with 10 minutes left after the visitors had penned the Baggies back for much of the second half.

Leicester remain bottom but are only three points from safety after recording their first back-to-back league wins since September following last weekend's 2-1 victory over West Ham.

They could still become just the third team to beat the drop from the Premier League after being bottom at Christmas, but Pearson wants them to keep cool.

He said: "It was an exceptional goal [from Vardy] but we can't get carried away. It's great to get back-to-back wins but we still have an awful lot to do.

"We have had some occasions of late, especially in away games, where we don't feel we have had things go our way. It's nice to make things go our way.

"We weren't very pleased with ourselves in the first half because in the situation we're in at the moment you never want to come off the field with regrets.

"The players were frustrated with themselves in the first half. We didn't quite get going. We gave a side who looked to be a little nervy themselves a little cushion.

"The second-half performance represented the type of performance we have been putting in for the season."