Tag: Leicester
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EPL: Chelsea defeat painful – Iheanacho
Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho admits there was a heavy disappointment after defeat to Chelsea. Iheanacho struck for the Foxes in the 2-1 defeat. He lamented afterwards, “It’s so painful. We needed to win this match. The first half was not so good, but in the second half we were much better. It was just…
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BREAKING: Chelsea fall to Leicester City in FA Cup final
Leicester City lifted the FA Cup for the first time as Youri Tielemans’ stunning long-range goal earned the Foxes victory over Chelsea at Wembley. Tielemans collected a loose ball 30 yards out before rifling an unstoppable shot into the top corner. Chelsea thought they had equalised late on but VAR ruled out Wes Morgan’s own…
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Leicester’s victory over Man Utd huge step – Rodgers
Leicester City coach Brendan Rodgers says his side took a ‘big step’ by beating Manchester United on Tuesday. The Foxes claimed a 2-1 at Old Trafford, pushing them eight points clear of fifth-placed West Ham, although David Moyes’ team have a game in hand. “It’s an extremely important win for us,” said Rodgers in his…
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EPL: Newcastle stun Leicester in six-goal thriller
Newcastle moved to within one point of Premier League safety with an impressive 4-2 win over Champions League-chasing Leicester City. Joe Willock put the visitors ahead with a cool finish after pouncing on an error from Foxes defender Caglar Soyuncu. Paul Dummett doubled the Magpies’ lead, rising above Wesley Fofana to head past Kasper Schmeichel…
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EPL: Leicester held by 10-man Southampton
Southampton held Leicester to a draw despite playing more than 80 minutes with 10 men to frustrate the Foxes in their push to clinch a top-four finish. Jannick Vestergaard was controversially sent off after just 10 minutes when his tackle on Jamie Vardy was deemed to have denied the Leicester striker a goal-scoring opportunity. Vestergaard,…
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EPL: Iheanacho sets new personal scoring record
Kelechi Iheanacho has set a new personal scoring record in the Premier League with his ninth goal of the season in Leicester City’s 3-0 thrashing of West Bromwich Albion. The Nigeria international has surpassed his previous record of eight goals in a league season which was achieved after 26 matches in the 2015-16 campaign at…
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FA Cup: Iheanacho shoots Leicester City into first final in 52 years
The phenomenal run of Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho for Leicester City continued Sunday night at the Wembley stadium as the 24-year old scored the only goal in the semi-final clash against Southampton. Iheanacho, who has already eclipsed the 12-goal FA Cup record previously held by Didier Drogba, increased his own tally to 15 when he…
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Leicester boss eager to see Iheanacho sign new deal
Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers is eager to see Kelechi Iheanacho sign a new deal. The 24-year-old has been in superb form of late, named Premier League player of the month for March having scored nine goals in as many games for the Foxes since his strike at Fulham in early February. But with his…
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Leicester to send Cengiz Under back to Serie A club
Leicester City are set to pass on signing permanently Cengiz Under. The Turkey winger has been on-loan at Leicester this season from AS Roma, though has struggled to find a place in manager Brendan Rodgers’ plans. Sporx says Leicester are now planning to send Under back to his parent club. The Foxes paid €3m for…
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Why I chose No26 jersey number – Mahrez
Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez admits he was offered the No11 shirt upon arriving from Leicester City. But the Algerian winger retained the number 26 upon his 2018 move. “The story behind the 26, when I arrived at Leicester, there was only two numbers left,” Mahrez told ManCity.com. “28 and 26, so I said ‘alright,…