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WATCH: The Leicester v West Brom 'ABBA' penalty shootout

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Watch the trialled 'ABBA' penalty shoot-out between Leicester and West Brom in their Premier League Asia Trophy match

Leicester and West Brom's penalty shootout in the Premier League Asia Trophy trialled a new 'ABBA' system on Wednesday.

The new order of taking penalties is similar to that of a tennis tie-breaker and is thought to be fairer than the widely used alternating system as the team who goes second does not have to continually catch up with the score.

Under 'ABBA' rules, team A takes the opening penalty with team B taking the next two before team A takes the following two and so on until there is a winner.

During Wednesday's match live on Sky Sports Premier League, it was West Brom youngster Sam Field who missed for his side before Marc Albrighton netted his next penalty for Leicester to see them through to the final on Saturday.

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Referee Bobby Madley tells us about the changes to penalty shootouts being trialled at this year's Premier League Asia Trophy

UEFA have already implemented the system at the U17 European Championships for both women and men while FIFA also used it at the U20 World Cup.

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