Kelechi Iheanacho has urged his Leicester City teammates to keep their focus and continue winning games in the English Championship after they were made to work for another win over Blackburn in Lancashire on Sunday, PRIMANEWS Sports Extra reports.
Wout Faes headed the Foxes in front early on at Ewood Park, but a quick-fire equaliser from Sammie Szmodics made it a contest for the Sky Bet Championship leaders.
Jamie Vardy’s rocket restored City’s lead before the break, while a penalty from Iheanacho – his third of the season and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s late chip made sure of an eighth league win of the season.
Leicester are now two points clear at the top of the table, but the Nigerian says Enzo Maresca’s men were made to work for it in Lancashire on Sunday.
Speaking to Leicester’s website, Iheanacho said, “They move a lot. We watched them a lot on the video, so we knew that. We tried to control the situation, but unfortunately, they got back in the game. We stayed calm and continued working hard.
“We kept going to earn the second goal. It was a really tough game for us, but I think we controlled it more in the second half. It was a great team performance.”
Iheanacho reversed praise for attacking colleague Vardy, who put Leicester back on course for victory with an excellent left-footed strike in the first half.
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