Mr FA Cup – Kelechi Iheanacho has done it again, his lone strike was all Leicester City needed to cruise into the 5th round of the FA Cup on Saturday afternoon.

The Super Eagles forward produced a belter of a strike to get Leicester City an opener five minutes after coming on during their FA Cup fourth-round tie against Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.

It’s Leicester City who get their name into the hat for the FA Cup fifth round courtesy of the 26-year-old second half goal.

Even though they were clearly the better team and could have won by four or five, they only managed to win by a single goal.

Iheanacho came off the bench to score the game-winning goal in the 68th minute, deflecting a shot past Evans.

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Kelechi Iheanacho has scored seven goals in his past seven FA Cup outings and leads all players with 17 goals in the competition since his debut in January 2016.

Kelechi Iheanacho’s game by numbers vs Walsall:

27 minutes played
92% passing accuracy
21 touches
4 shots
3 shots on target
1 goal
0.79 xG

Despite Walsall’s best efforts to find an equalizer, their Premier League counterparts were able to finish the game rather smoothly.

Although Rodgers’ team may be having trouble in the league, moving on to the next round of the FA Cup could offer the motivation they need to keep going and escape the bottom half of the standings.

They are anticipating Monday’s draw for the fifth round with great interest.

The Saddlers will refocus on League Two as they attempt to contend for the playoffs for the remainder of the season.

𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕? 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒙!