Three weeks after saving the foxes from the snare of Gillingham, Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho this time came from the bench to ones again give Leicester City a 1-0 win over Walsall, nigeriasoccernet.comreports.
Facing Sky Bet League 2 opponents away from home for the second successive FA Cup tie, Leicester came up against a team unbeaten in all but one of their last 13 games.
The visitors tried to dominate the game but never not a full grip just Youri Tielemans to hitting a penalty wide after Andy Williams was judged to have handed the ball in the box.
Just after the hour mark, changes were made with Patson Daka making way for Iheanacho. Iheanacho almost had an instant impact, drifting over to the left to pick up Tielemans’ clearance, before finding Evans equal to his effort.
Iheanacho this time in the 68th will be unstoppable as his left-footed strike took a deflection before looping up over Evans and into the roof of the net.
The Nigeria international has now netted his 17th goal from 23 appearances in the competition.
Dare Ogun
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