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‘He hits five out of five’ – Rodgers defends choice of Iheanacho for Leicester City’s penalty

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed Kelechi Iheanacho was the right choice to take their penalty against Crystal Palace.

The King Power Stadium outfit were awarded a penalty after James Tomkins brought down Luke Thomas in the box during their 1-1 draw against the Eagles in Monday’s Premier League game.

Iheanacho was handed the opportunity to take the spot-kick but his effort was saved by goalkeeper Vicente Guaita.

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Zaha later opened the scoring in the encounter for Crystal Palace before Harvey Barnes scored an important equalizer to help the Foxes avoid defeat.