Craig Dawson saves the day for West Ham with late leveller at Leicester

Craig Dawson took advantage of Leicester City’s habitual inability to defend set-pieces by heading in the stoppage-time equaliser that enabled West Ham United to capitalise on their rivals’ slips and move one point ahead in the battle for the final Champions League qualification place.

With Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur faltering again, West Ham consolidated fourth place in the Premier League with what was a welcome point considering Leicester had battled back from going behind to Jarrad Bowen’s goal to lead 2-1.

Youri Tieleman’s penalty just before half-time and Ricardo Pereira’s first goal in more than two years, which also came against West Ham, appeared to have helped Leicester to a much-needed morale-booster before they gave up a winning position for the third time in successive home league games this year.

Leicester have now conceded from 11 corners in the Premier League, the worst record in the division, and despite a much-improved performance, Brendan Rodgers remains a manager whose future – or at least his team – looks uncertain.

Jarrad Bowen, who had given West Ham their lead, swung over the corner from which Dawson rose to head in the equaliser.

West Ham have been less impressive on the road recently, having lost four of their previous seven Premier League away games, but this will go down as a welcome point. Kurt Zouma withdrew through illness shortly before the game but quite how such a straightforward clipped pass from Issa Diop, Zouma’s replacement, could bypass all of Leicester’s defence in the 120th minute and allow Bowen a clear run down the inside-left channel beggars belief.

West Ham’s go-to man showed no hesitation whatsoever as he shot across Kasper Schmeichel from the left corner of the