Iheanacho’s determined to keep the Foxes firing
KELECHI IHEANACHO believes he can still improve after firing Leicester City to their first FA Cup semifinal in 39 years.
The in-form striker scored twice, with Youri Tielemans also netting, as the Foxes beat Manchester United 3-1 on Sunday to seal a lastfour showdown with Southampton at Wembley next month.
Four-time runners-up Leicester have never won the FA Cup, having last reached the final in 1969.
Iheanacho now has nine goals in his last nine games – including five in his last two outings – and the Nigeria international wants to maintain his momentum.
‘I just need to focus and keep working hard every day,’ he said. ‘Hopefully, they will keep coming.
‘As a striker, that’s what you need, so hopefully I’ll keep going and we’ll get to the next round.
‘I just need to keep working hard every day in training and hopefully everything will fall into place.’
Iheanacho capitalised on two defensive errors from United, first seizing on Fred’s poor back pass to open the scoring and then escaping Scott McTominay to head in and seal the win.
‘It’s history, and it feels good,’
Iheanacho said. ‘We prepared really well this week in training, how we’re going to press and trap them. That’s what we did. We got the first goal, so it worked really well for us.’
United’s most realistic chance of silverware this season is now the Europa League, with runaway lead
I need to keep working and hopefully everything will fall into place
ers Manchester City 14 points clear of them in the Premier League.
It was their first defeat in 30 domestic away games and boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes the international break will help re-energise his squad.
‘They’ve been at Carrington every single day, working together and training together, so a change of scenery will do some of them good,’ the Norwegian said.
‘They’ll come back for Easter Sunday (at home to Brighton) and be ready to go again.’