Leicester City put in one of their best team performances all season against Tottenham on Saturday, but Kelechi Iheanacho won just about all of the plaudits after the game.
The Super Eagles striker was the man of the match, getting a goal and an assist for Leicester City in their 4-1 thrashing of Tottenham Hotspur.
The Foxes did not win a Premier League game between the second week of November and the start of February, but they have now managed back-to-back victories, over Aston Villa and Spurs.
That is despite the fact that the visitors opened the scoring through Rodrigo Bentancur in the first half.
But Leicester City hit back with three goals from Nampalys Mendy, James Maddison and Iheanacho before the break.
Harvey Barnes scored the fourth late on, but it was the Nigerian striker, who also assisted Maddison’s goal, who drew the majority of the praise.
Spurs, with boss Antonio Conte back in the dugout following a gallbladder removal, had an ideal start when Rodrigo Bentancur diverted home Victor Kristiansen’s sliced finish.
But the resurgent Foxes netted twice in less than two and a half minutes to turn the game on its head.
First Nampalys Mendy scored only the second goal of his entire career when he crashed a first-time screamer into the top corner from the edge of the box.
Soon after, Wout Faes’ tackle on Harry Kane on halfway ricocheted into the path of Kelechi Iheanacho, who squared for James Maddison to score.
Spurs defender Eric Dier stood off Iheanacho, who stroked a shot into the bottom corner for a Leicester third before the break.
Harvey Barnes had a goal disallowed by the video assistant referee for offside but Spurs failed to learn their lesson and the winger slotted in a fourth from James Maddison’s pass 10 minutes later.
To cap off a truly rotten afternoon for Spurs, they lost goalscorer Bentancur to a knee injury suffered as he tackled Mendy after an hour.
The Foxes are now 13th, six points above the relegation zone, while Tottenham remain fifth, one point behind the top four.
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