“Horrible to play against” – Ex-Liverpool coach delighted Super Eagles star is a terror to Premier League defenders

The Nigerian worldwide has performed second fiddle for many of his time on the King Energy Stadium, however he might turn out to be the Foxes’ established quantity 9

Leicester Metropolis head coach Brendan Rodgers has expressed his delight that Nigerian ahead Kelechi Iheanacho is attracting reward for his glorious performances in latest weeks.

Brendan Rodgers relegated Iheanacho to his third-choice striker behind Jamie Vardy and Patson Daka throughout the first half of the season.

However Leicester struggled to place constructive outcomes collectively, with the Foxes profitable solely 5 Premier League matches between August and January.

Nevertheless, Rodgers has tinkered together with his beginning lineup in latest instances, preferring to begin Iheanacho alongside Harvey Barnes and new signing Brazil’s Tete.

Iheanacho has repaid the previous Liverpool supervisor with a few sensible shows.

The Tremendous Eagles striker scored one and supplied two assists to encourage Leicester to a 4-2 win at Aston Villa on February 4 – the Foxes’ first victory of the yr 2023.

Final weekend, Iheanacho added one other purpose and help as Leicester crushed Tottenham 4-1 on the King Energy Stadium in simply the membership’s most spectacular triumph of the season.

Rodgers is happy to see Iheanacho ship the products often and turn out to be a terror for Premier League defenders.

What has been stated? 

“He’s been excellent,” Brendan Rodgers stated, as per Leicester Mercury.

“He’s a participant that’s been actually unlucky. Jamie Vardy is a legend of the Premier League and this membership and since I got here in right here, he’s been kind of the focus actually of the workforce. However in fact, time strikes on and it’s about managing Jamie now.

“Clearly, for Kels with the gamers now that we’ve got in, it actually fits his recreation, how he hyperlinks the sport and so forth. He’s at a primary age, so this may be his second. He simply must maintain the extent, the consistency and maintain working exhausting. I’m delighted for him.

“He’s a risk, and he’s horrible to play towards when you’re a centre-half as a result of he’s so robust. He’s accomplished nice.”

Iheanacho has 5 targets in all competitions this time period, netting three within the Premier League and one other two within the FA Cup.