Leicester City boss commends Iheanacho for his role in Saturday's loss to Manchester City
Despite losing 3-1 to Manchester City on Saturday, Leicester City boss Dean Smith have picked some positives from the game which included the praise on Nigeria's striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, reports Nigeriasoccernet.com.
Introduced for Jamie Vardy at the start of the second half with the team already 3 goals down, Kelechi Iheanacho pulled one back for Leicester City in the 75th minute and could've gone on to score more but was denied by the cross back.
The manager who was taking charge of his first Leicester City game reacted to the defeat saying:
"The game was lost in the first half," Smith told LCFC TV. "We came with a plan to stay in the game as long as we could. I felt we could change the game from the bench as well and that we could create some opportunities, but then John Stones strikes a left-foot volley in the top corner after six minutes and then there’s an unfortunate penalty to put them two up.
"We lost a 50-50 and Haaland goes through to score for three. You worry at 3-0 whether they’re going to go and score a lot more, but I thought that was important then to see the character of the players when they’re suffering.
Talking about the changes which brought Iheanacho and some other players in, he said:
"We made changes, tactically, in the second half that I thought helped us," Smith added. "The midfielders and our outside centre-halves were a lot more aggressive and got us up the pitch a lot better. All the subs who came on made a difference and had an impact, which is what you want. The goal, I felt we deserved it after that second-half performance.
"It would have been interesting had one of the other chances gone in. [Iheanacho] hit the post with one, Madders (James Maddison) went through. There was another one where [Maddison] put Kel through to put it over the bar," he said.
City are next in action next Saturday with Wolverhampton Wanderers due at King Power Stadium. Smith is excited for his home debut as the Club's new Manager and is certain that the fans can play a big role in Leicester's bid for survival.
By Oluwayemi Omolagba
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