Iheanacho nets as Leicester beat Palace to close in on UCL football

Kelechi Iheanacho netted his 12th goal in nine games as Leicester City beat Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League tie at the King Power stadium on Monday night.
With West Ham losing and Liverpool drawing, Leicester had a great chance to cement themselves in next season’s Champions League, and thanks to a wondrous goal from Kelechi Iheanacho they did, edging past a gritty and enterprising Palace.

What. a. goal.

1⃣2⃣ goals in 9⃣ games.

Seniorman strikes again! https://t.co/Sty4VdFKbz

— Leicester City (@LCFC) April 26, 2021

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— Leicester City (@LCFC) April 26, 2021

They now have a seven-point cushion separating them from fifth place, and it would take a monumental collapse for them to mess things up from here.

Palace took the lead on 12 minutes with a fine goal, Cheikhou Kouyate catching Youri Tielemans dawdling in midfield and his stern tackle allowing Eberechi Eze to glide goal wards before playing in Wilfried Zaha who timed his run to perfection and opened his body to beat Kasper Schmeichel.

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Let's go, Leicester! 🦊🔵

— Leicester City (@LCFC) April 26, 2021

A 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 WIN.

Leicester come from behind to claim three points 🦊🙌

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— Leicester City (@LCFC) April 26, 2021

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But Leicester came out quickly for the second half and levelled the match on 50 minutes, Timothy Castagne’s emphatic finish coming after good work by Tielemans and Iheanacho. Palace, though missed a couple of brilliant chances to retake the lead before, on 80 minutes, Iheanacho controlled beautifully – even so, nothing looked on – before annihilating a shot high past Vicente Guaita at his near post. Palace made them work hard for it, but Leicester are nearly there.