FA Cup: Rodgers Hails Iheanacho’s Performance Against Walsall

FA Cup: Rodgers hails Iheanacho’s performance against Walsall. Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has praised forward, Kelechi Iheanacho’s performance in the Foxes’ win against Walsall in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup.

Leicester City defeated Walsall 1-0 on Saturday at the BescotStadium, with Iheanacho scoring the only goal of the match in the 68th minute after coming off the bench to replace PatsonDaka in the 53rd minute.

Rodgers said after the match: “He came into the game with a real fire in his belly to perform and did really well. For a large part of my time here Vardy has been our number one striker, we brought Patson (Daka) in who could replicate that and Kelechi is a fantastic link player for us. We always have a strong team out and Walsall today, give them credit. Michael [Flynn] has done an excellent job since coming in here. I thought we were good in the second half, the method to our game was better. We adapted a couple of things at halftime and started to threaten a bit more.”

Iheanacho has scored 17 goals overall in 23 FA Cup appearances in his career.

Leicester City play Aston Villa next in a Premier League game at Villa Park on Saturday, February 4.