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Aaron Ramsey absolved Danny Ward of blame for his World Cup howler in Wales' 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic.
With the score 1-1 four minutes into the second half of a thrilling Prague qualifier, Ward miscontrolled a Ramsey back pass in front of his own goal. The Leicester goalkeeper tried to remedy the situation but he touched the ball onto a post and it went in off him for a bizarre own goal.
Ward's blushes were spared slightly when Daniel James accepted Harry Wilson's pass to superbly equalise after 69 minutes. The draw leaves Wales' hopes of securing second spot behind runaway group leaders Belgium and a World Cup play-off place in March intact.
Aaron Ramsey (right) jumped to the defence of Danny Ward after his clanger cost Wales a win
Ward (above) fumbled Ramsey's backpass to put Wales 2-1 down against the Czech Republic
'Danny has been absolutely terrific for us,' said Ramsey, who had opened the first-half scoring after 36 minutes before it was almost instantly wiped out by Czech Republic striker Jakub Pesek.
'He has made some really big saves throughout. These things happen from time to time but I am sure there is
