Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has showered encomiums on Kelechi Iheanacho after the Nigerian striker scored his first Premier League hat-trick in the Foxes 5-0 demolition of Sheffield United on Sunday. xIheanacho opened things up in the six minutes from the end of the first half as he tapped home a sweeping Jamie Vardy cross to score in three successive Premier League games for the first time. It was Iheanacho’s second career hat-trick and his first since grabbing a treble on 30 January 2016 against Aston Villa in the fourth round of the English FA Cup. “Kelechi Iheanacho is a great guy and when he has been asked to come in he has performed,” said the Northern Irishman, in a post-match interview with the BBC. “Absolutely delighted for him to have got a hat-trick in the Premier League.

Source: The Guardian March 14, 2021 18:00 UTC