Birmingham City goalkeeper Ben Foster says his first-half save during the draw with West Ham United was the best of his career.

After 17 minutes Foster, 27, pulled off a world class save to deny Carlton Cole, pushing the striker's close-range effort onto the post as he dived low to his right.

Foster said: "It was probably my best save ever. I managed to get literally the tiniest little piece of a finger tip on to it. I was dead happy it just rolled across the line and stayed out."

Cole added: "On another day my shot would have gone in but Ben Foster pulled off a fantastic save. I thought it was in. I was already celebrating in my head!

"Ben Foster is a great goalkeeper. It was not an ordinary 'keeper that made that save."