Nigerias striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, has dedicated his match-winning goal in Sunday’s Premier League game against Everton to his Leicester City teammates, the fans and his family, reports Completesports.com.
Iheanacho who came on as a 62nd minute substitute for Ayoze Perez, provided the assist for Jamie Vardy to draw Leicester level in the 68th minute.
And in the 94th minute, he scored the winner to give the Foxes a hard-fought 2-1 win.
It was Iheanacho’s first league game of the season after only appearing in the League Cup.
“This one is for the fans, the staff my teammates and my family, thank you for been there for me,” he tweeted on his Twitter handle on Monday.
The win has lifted Leicester to the second spot on 32 points, eight points behind leaders Liverpool.
By James Agberebi
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Iheanacho, we need you to keep it up and strong. Prove yourself strong any time given the opportunity and walk your way back into our hearts. I had so much hope in you before Osimhen came up. I still believe in you! Please, keep it up!
Kelechi Iheanacho perform excellent in that Leicester vs everton match. For the coach to refuse to play this guy in their league matches, I keep wandering what his reasons are, because this guy was phenomenal in that match