Forget Dawson: £10.8m-rated West Ham ace with 92% pass accuracy was Moyes' saviour - opinion

West Ham United secured a point at Leicester City in dramatic fashion as defender Craig Dawson scored in the 91st minute to earn his side a 2-2 draw against the Foxes.

The Hammers had gone 1-0 up in the first half through in-form Jarrod Bowen, then Youri Tieleman’s penalty and Ricardo Pereira’s header turned the game around before Dawson secured a point for the visitors by heading in Bowen’s corner in added time.

Prior to the match, defender Kurt Zouma, who has been surrounded by controversy all week after a video showing the Frenchman kicking his cat emerged online, had to withdraw from the match with illness.

The 27-year-old was set to start at the King Power Stadium, but pulled up in his warm-up, explaining to physios that he felt he could no longer play and was subsequently replaced by Issa Diop.

Ironically, the understudy was excellent in the East Midlands.

According to SofaScore, the replacement completed 47 out of his 51 attempted passes, an accuracy of 92%, as well as completing three of his five long balls. Moreover, the Frenchman was solid defensively, making six clearances, two interceptions and one block whilst winning each of his three duels.

However, arguably the 25-year-old’s most important contribution was the assist for Bowen’s opener, finding his West Ham team-mate with an excellently executed long ball over the top of the Leicester defence, finding the Englishman in space as he gobbled up the chance, just as he has done so often of late.

Although his centre-back partner Dawson scored the equalising goal, Diop was deemed to have had the better performance against Brendan Rodgers’ side by SofaScore, receiving a 7.4/10 rating as opposed to the Englishman’s 7.1.

Given that he wasn’t expected to play, it