Super Eagle’s Kelechi Iheanacho scored two poacher’s goals as his club Leicester City beat Manchester United 3-1 in their FA Cup quarterfinal to set up a last-four clash with Southampton.
The Foxes took the lead following a horrendous error from Manchester United’s Fred, whose backpass became a through-ball for Iheanacho. The Nigerian collected it and rounded the keeper before firing home his and Leicester’s first goal in the 24th minute.
Mason Greenwood levelled the score at 1-1 in the first half but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side were unable to book a place at Wembley.
Leicester restored their lead after 52 minutes when Tielemans drove at the heart of the United defence and slotted the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.
Leicester almost grabbed a third minutes later but Vardy dragged his shot wide when one-on-one with the goalkeeper.
Solskjaer brought Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani off the bench to grab an equaliser but it was Iheanacho who extended Leicester’s lead with a header from a free kick.
“I’m obviously delighted. It was a great team performance,” Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers says. “Every aspect of the game was complete.
“We showed courage to play football against one of Europe’s greatest teams. I’m so happy for the players. I thought we thoroughly deserved it.
“Kelechi has always contributed. Maybe his confidence was lower but he works so hard every day and always comes in and gives his all. You see his confidence now. He’s at the top of his game.”
Leicester will face Southampton in the FA Cup semifinals while Manchester City will meet Chelsea in the other game.
