Iheanacho Scores 1 as Leicester City Drop Point to Everton
Everton kept up their post-restart push for a place in next season’s Europa League with an impressive victory over Leicester at Goodison Park. The Blues are unbeaten since the Premier League began again two weeks ago, with a second successive win coming courtesy of two goals in quick succession in the game’s first quarter. Everton beat Leicester City 2-1 and raised their Europa League hopes.
Brazilian star Richarlison scored the first to put his side in front before Gylfi Sigurdsson scored a debatable penalty, awarded following a lengthy VAR review for handball against Nigerian Wilfred Ndidi. Leicester City rallied at the start of the second half and pulled a somewhat fortuitous goal back when Mason Holgate’s attempted clearance flew into the net off the face of substitute Kelechi Iheanacho.
It is another blow for the Foxes, who suffered a shocking lose to Chelsea in the English FA Cup at the weekend and now face a real test to hang on to their top-four spot in the table. Two points from their past three games has opened the door to Manchester United and Wolves, both of whom are only three points behind Leicester and in much better form.
Everton, though, is looking up the table, with this win leaving them one point behind eighth-place Tottenham a position that could be good enough to secure a European spot for next season. Everton came into the game off the back of a seven-day rest from the action – a rarity in this post-lockdown rush to conclude the 2019-20 season. It enabled Ancelotti to make only minor tweaks to a side that had initially struggled in a 1-0 win at Norwich in their previous game.