Those who believe there is a god behind soccer will have no doubt that it has ended whatever feud it might have had with Nigerian striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, over his trials in Leicester.
After a long drought and bench inaction, he has scored in the club’s two consecutive matches.
He, alongside Jamie Vardy and other players, sank Aston Villa 4-1 on Sunday, thus solidifying the teams second position on the table.
They are now eight pints away from leader Liverpool.
As AFP reports, after bagging the winner against Everton last Sunday, Nigerian forward Iheanacho struck again in the 41st minute.
“Teed up by a sweeping Leicester move, James Maddison surged into the Villa area and delivered a fine cross that Iheanacho turned in from close range,” it adds.
But Vardy remains the biggest pillar for the Brendan Rodger’s boys, scoring again as he did in the earlier seven matches.
According to AFP, Jack Grealish had reduced the deficit to 2-1 late in the first half, but Leicester cruised to an eighth consecutive top-flight victory, setting a new club record that smashed the previous best from the 1962-63 season.
Vardy has now scored in eight consecutive Premier League appearances and is the competition’s top scorer with 16 goals this term.
The 32-year-old striker’s blistering run has given him a chance of equalling his sequence of scoring in 11 successive matches during Leicester’s 2015-16 title-winning campaign.
“I thought they were amazing, it is a historical day for the club and the performance warranted that,” Rodgers said.
“It really does mean something special, it puts the team in the history books of Leicester City.”
Leicester’s surge up the table, after 12 wins from their last 14 league games, has made them unexpected title contenders again and leaves them in position to qualify for the Champions League.
Jurgen Klopp’s men remain heavy title favourites and the acid test of Leicester’s credentials will come with successive fixtures against Manchester City and Liverpool over Christmas.
“We will just concentrate on playing as well as we can and with a performance level as high as we can,” Rodgers added.
“Wherever we are in the table we always look to chase the team in front of us.”
