Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi inspire Leicester City to silence Stoke City

By Wale Mustapha

Kelechi Iheanacho provided another man of the match performance in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday scoring one of the goals in Leicester City’s convincing 2-0 win over Stoke City.

The Super Eagles’ winger who has being in fine form lately was favored to start the encounter against the Potters over captain Jamie Vardy.

He however justified the coach’s decision by opening the score sheet with a perfect left foot finish from Ricardo Pereira’s pinpoint pass.

The former Manchester City forward has now find back of the net three fines in 11 games this season.

Iheanacho’s Nigerian team mate at Leicester, Wilfred Ndidi started the game from bench but was instrumental to the team’s second goal as he combined well with Vardy to put the game to bed for the Foxes.

The victory saw Leicester retain their lead at the top of the table with 30 points from 11 games, two more than Ipswich.