Iheanacho: Daka, Maddison, Vardy, all forwards not in battle at Leicester City

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The Nigeria international striker maintained that all the Foxes attacking players have a role to play in Brendan Rodgers’ squad this season

Kelechi Iheanacho claimed he is not in goalscoring competition with Leicester City’s feared frontline of Patson Daka, James Maddison and Jamie Vardy.The Foxes began the 2021-22 season on a flying note – defeating Manchester City 1-0 in Saturday’s FA Community Shield fixture.

Iheanacho came off the bench for Brendan Rodgers’ team with just over 10 minutes on the clock and made an immediate impact, scoring from the penalty spot after drawing a foul from Nathan Ake inside the box.

After the game, the former Manchester City prodigy was asked about the competition among the team’s forwards but the African – addressing the media – stated all the attacking players are important.

“We’re not in a battle in our team,” he told the club website.

“Everybody is important. We need everybody to get through this season. There are a lot of competitions, so we need everyone.

“Patson [Daka] will be important to the squad. Me as well. Vards (Jamie Vardy), Madders (James Maddison) – everyone is important in the squad.

“We are together as a team and as a family. I’ll keep working hard and at the end of the season, we’ll see what happens.”

Iheanacho’s effort against the Citizens was his 40th goal for the King Power Stadium outfit. He talked about what went through his mind before scoring the winning goal.

“I was a bit nervous when I was walking through to take it, but I just had one thing on my mind – just hit it hard. It could go anywhere, so I’m happy we got the win today,” he continued.

“Last week and this week, I’ve been practicing penalties. I missed one in pre-season, but I’ve been practicing penalties this week, before this game.

“I thought it was going to go to penalties at the end, but we got a penalty and I took it. It hit the back of the net, so I’m happy.”

“I’m really happy we got our first trophy to kick off the season. We’ll concentrate and keep working hard, and hopefully, we’ll get another trophy this season.”

2021-08-08 18:00:03

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