Foster kept the Ashton Gate hosts at bay before Albion substitute Craig Dawson powered home a late header to win the game for the visitors. The Baggies' latest recruit was in action just 24 hours after joining on loan from Birmingham for the season. And after watching Foster's impressive debut, Hodgson expressed his delight at snaring the former Manchester United shot-stopper. "I recognised a Premier League goalkeeper in Ben, a goalkeeper who has been allowed to leave Manchester United," Hodgson told West Brom's official website. "I understand Sir Alex wanted to keep him there behind Edwin van der Sar because he is such a good keeper. "The times he's been let out on loan he's done extremely well. "So much so that Birmingham City were tempted to pay a lot of money for his signature. "He was a number two goalkeeper at Manchester United and we know a lot about him from playing there and at Birmingham. "He's just the type of goalkeeper we need and it's a happy day for me because this is the second time since I joined in February that we've kept a clean sheet. "Clean sheets are something I don't know anything about!" City's veteran goalkeeper David James was also praised by Hodgson after the game. "David had more chance to show off his skills because he had more to do," added the Albion boss. "But we're very pleased with Ben because he made one excellent save and took up a very good position to force a player to shoot a bit wider than he would have liked. "He was, like David, very, very secure on crosses throughout the game. "I think we put David to the test a bit more but that was because we had a lot more chances in behind the Bristol defence. "All credit to the Bristol players for getting back into position and credit to David because, when we did get free and I thought we were going to score, he stood in the way."
