52 years after, Leicester striker and Nigerian international, Kelechi Iheanacho’s lone goal against Southampton on Sunday has set up the club for the first FA Cup final.
Leicester City will face Chelsea at Wembley Stadium to decide which club would lift this year’s FA Cup at the final slated for May 15.
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers welcomed back Ayoze Perez, James Maddison and Hamza Choudhury to his squad after the trio were dropped for last weekend’s 3-2 defeat at West Ham for breaking coronavirus rules to attend a house party.
But Maddison had to wait for his chance to impress England manager Gareth Southgate as a second-half substitute.
Leicester were the better side throughout but failed to test Fraser Forster before half-time as Jamie Vardy fired over from a narrow-angle before Wilfred Ndidi’s header dropped onto the roof of the net.
The breakthrough came 10 minutes into the second half as Vardy’s pace left Jan Bednarek trailing in this wake.
From his cross, Iheanacho fluffed his first effort, but the ball broke kindly back to the Nigerian to slot home his 12th goal in as many games.
Iheancho’s recent impressive performance earned him Player of the Month for the month of March.
Maddison twice was inches away from wrapping up the tie with powerful shots that flashed just off target.
But Southampton never looked like getting back on level terms as the Foxes comfortably held out for a shot at winning the FA Cup for the first time in their history.
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