Super Eagles and Leicester City superstar, Kelechi Iheanacho made history on Tuesday night, May 18, as the first Premier League striker to score on all seven days of the week in a single season.
The striker was on target for Leicester City as they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea in Tuesday’s league encounter.
With the hosts taking a two-goal lead through Antonio Rudiger and Jorginho, the Iheanacho was introduced for James Maddison on the hour mark.
In the 76th minute, he reduced the deficit for Brendan Rodgers’ Foxes. Receiving a pass from compatriot Wilfred Ndidi, Iheanacho knocked the ball calmly into the bottom right corner of Edouard Mendy’s goal.
As a result of that effort, he wrote his name in the English elite division’s history books.
The 24-year-old now boasts 12 goals in 24 Premier League appearances so far in the 2020-21 season. Overall, he is Leicester’s highest goalscorer in all competitions with 19 goals.
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Kelechi Iheanacho is the first player in PL history to score on all seven days of the week in the same season 🇳🇬👏 pic.twitter.com/znvKVP77L4
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) May 18, 2021
Breakdown of his goals on each day of the week:
- Monday: 1 goal
- Tuesday: 1 goal
- Wednesday: 2 goals
- Thursday: 1 goal
- Friday: 1 goal
- Saturday: 1 goal
- Sunday: 5 goals
Total: 12 goals
Kelechi Iheanacho who Leicester fans sang his praise earlier in the month has been in hot form this season. He has notched 12 goals in 24 games so far in the 2020-21 campaign. Overall, the 24-year-old is Leicester’s highest goalscorer in all competitions this season having scored 19 goals. He is closely followed by veteran Jamie Vardy who has 15 goals in all competition. Iheanacho has also 5 assists to his name this season.
He is one goal away from scoring 20 goals in a season for the first time in his career, another record for him waiting to happen.
Other records made by Iheanacho:
- On the 16th January 2018, He became the first player to be awarded a goal using VAR Technology,
- He is the first fourth Substitute in the history of the English FA Cup. This happened in April 23, 2017.
Kelechi Iheanacho will be hoping to end the season high with Leicester, having won the FA Cup at the weekend and competing for a top 4 finish, so his team can participate in next season’s edition of the UEFA Champions League. Leicester City are currently in 4 position, as they were leapfrogged last night by Chelsea with a game to go. Liverpool are closely behind them in 5th but with a game at hand.