Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho secured the last goal for Leicester City as they won 3-1 against Swansea City last Saturday, Punch Online reports.<\/p>\n
Iheanacho delivered a stunning goal for Nigeria in their 2-2 tie against Saudi Arabia in the recent international break.<\/span><\/p>\n Nevertheless, when Leicester City visited Swansea, he began the game as a substitute. <\/span><\/p>\n On the other hand, his Nigerian counterpart, Wilfred Ndidi, maintained his position in the midfield. Leicester City had a tough start as they conceded a goal from Matt Grimes just 20 minutes into the match.<\/span><\/p>\n However, they made a comeback shortly before the halftime break, thanks to a goal from Jannik Vestergaard. Subsequently, in the 63rd minute, Leicester City seized the lead with a goal from Issahaku Fatawu.<\/span><\/p>\n Iheanacho entered the game as a substitute in the 83rd minute, and he wasted no time in making his presence known, finding the net in the 87th minute.<\/span><\/p>\n Receiving a midfield pass, he sprinted forward, facing two defenders and nearly losing possession. Fortunately, he managed to score, securing a 3-1 lead for the former Premier League champions.<\/span><\/p>\n Leicester City maintained this lead, keeping them at the top of the Championship table.<\/span><\/p>\n Iheanacho has now accumulated five goals in the current Championship\u00a0season.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho secured the last goal for Leicester City as they won 3-1 against Swansea City last Saturday, Punch Online reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7859,6505,7860],"class_list":["post-16124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-kelechi-iheanacho","tag-leicester-city","tag-swansea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16126,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16124\/revisions\/16126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}