Iheanacho’s Goal Comes Too Late, Too Little To Save Leicester City

Leicester City of England attacker, Kelechi Iheanacho hit target for The Foxes in added time of their clash away to Tottenham Hotspur, but it came too late and was not enough to save them from defeat in London, megasportsarena.com reports.

Iheanacho was on from the start, and got seven points over ten for his efforts, but Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane fired Tottenham to a 3-1 win and above Arsenal into fourth on the English Premier League log.

After defeat to Brighton and a draw at Brentford in their last two outings Spurs could ill-afford another setback but their trusted attacking duo delivered another inspired performance to get their bid for Champions League qualification back on track.

Harry Kane ended a five-game goal drought with a 22nd-minute header from Son’s first-half corner before Dejan Kulusevski, a surprise omission from the Spurs starting XI, came off the bench to set up Son for the second on the hour.

Son then put the game to bed with a sensational curled finish into the top corner of the Leicester net with 11 minutes remaining as Spurs climbed into fourth before Arsenal regained the position with victory at West Ham in Sunday’s late kick-off.

Leicester’s spirited performance, in spite of making wholesale changes, was rewarded with a late consolation from Kelechi Iheanacho, whose stoppage-time strike sent the Foxes into Thursday’s decisive Europa Conference League semi-final second leg at Roma on a positive note.

While Ademola Lookman was not in the spotlight, Leicester pushed for an equaliser before the break, but Iheanacho could only drag a shot wide, before Daka came within inches of turning Ayoze Perez’s deflected volley in on the stretch.

With Spurs in need of inspiration early in the second half, Antonio Conte turned to Kulusevski and the Sweden international made an instant impact, laying on the second for Son, whose goal was allowed to stand despite Leicester protests for a foul on Caglar Soyuncu in the build-up.

Two became three in exquisite fashion 11 minutes from time when Son received the ball 20 yards from goal, shifted onto his left foot, and curled a stunning effort into the top corner of Kasper Schmeichel’s goal.

It looked to have been the final word on a perfect return to winning ways for Spurs, but Iheanacho’s late effort, which squirmed past Hugo Lloris and in off the near post, denied the hosts a clean sheet and ensured Leicester had something to take with them into their showdown in Rome.