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Leicester boss Puel delighted with his kids for West Brom win

Leicester City boss Claude Puel was delighted with his young players for their thumping win at West Brom.

His starting line-up included three 21-year-old players in Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi and Demarai Gray while Kelechi Iheanacho (21) and Fousseni Diabate (22) also made it onto the pitch.

"It is important to [make changes] to improve all the squad," Puel said. "To give strength to all the players because we can have a good chance [to win] with the different attributes of the squad.

"The young players like Diabate, Chilwell, Ndidi, Iheanacho, Gray - they are young but it is important to give game time and improve with them.

"There is a good balance between the senior and young players and we need to continue this run [of using young players] because it is good for the squad and for the future of Leicester."

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