{"id":3777,"date":"2023-10-22T13:21:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T13:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=3777"},"modified":"2023-10-22T13:21:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T13:21:25","slug":"iheanacho-continues-fine-form-as-leicester-city-down-swansea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2023\/10\/22\/iheanacho-continues-fine-form-as-leicester-city-down-swansea\/","title":{"rendered":"Iheanacho continues fine form as Leicester City down Swansea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho secured the last goal for Leicester City as they won 3-1 against Swansea City last Saturday, Punch Online reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Iheanacho delivered a stunning goal for Nigeria in their 2-2 tie against Saudi Arabia in the recent international break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Nevertheless, when Leicester City visited Swansea, he began the game as a substitute. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On the other hand, his Nigerian counterpart, Wilfred Ndidi, maintained his position in the midfield. Leicester City had a tough start as they conceded a goal from Matt Grimes just 20 minutes into the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, they made a comeback shortly before the halftime break, thanks to a goal from Jannik Vestergaard. Subsequently, in the 63rd minute, Leicester City seized the lead with a goal from Issahaku Fatawu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Iheanacho entered the game as a substitute in the 83rd minute, and he wasted no time in making his presence known, finding the net in the 87th minute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Receiving a midfield pass, he sprinted forward, facing two defenders and nearly losing possession. Fortunately, he managed to score, securing a 3-1 lead for the former Premier League champions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Leicester City maintained this lead, keeping them at the top of the Championship table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Iheanacho has now accumulated five goals in the current Championship\u00a0season.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho secured the last goal for Leicester City as they won 3-1 against Swansea City last<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3779,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3777\/revisions\/3779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}