Carabao Cup: Iheanacho On Target As Villa Edge Leicester City

Carabao Cup: Iheanacho On Target As Villa Edge Leicester City

By Sampson Adedeji

It was a mixed feelings for Nigeria's Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho on Tuesday night after his goal failed to take Leicester city to the final of the Carabao Cup, BSNSports.com.ng can report.

The former Manchester City attacker seems to have regained his scoring form after he scored the only goal that took the Foxes to the 5th round of the Emirate FA Cup on Saturday against Brentford.

It was Iheanacho who scored in first leg at King Power Stadium that leveled the game again in the 72nd minute to make it 1-1 after Aston Villa opened the scoring.

But in the 93rd minute, Trezeguet scored the winner as he slotted home a long cross from Ahmed El Mohamady and gave Villa a 2-1 win ensured 3-2 aggregate victory over Leicester city.

It was Iheanacho 8 goals in all competition for Leicester city this season.

Apart from Iheanacho, another Super Eagles player, Wilfred Ndidi was also in action for Leicester at the Villa Park.