Iheanacho scores, assists as Arsenal, Chelsea, and Newcastle held

The Super Eagles are advancing Kelechi Iheanacho have scored again, resuscitating Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City, who came from a goal down to beat Tottenham 4-1 at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.

Spurs, who beat Manchester City last Sunday, failed to consolidate their victory, despite Antonio Conte returning to the bench.

In 77 minutes of action, Iheanacho scored and assisted James Maddison, just as he did in his start against Aston Villa last week.

The Foxes conceded in the 14th minute, and came from a miscued clearance from Victor Kristiansen, which fell kindly to Rodrigo Bentancur, who then slotted through Danny Ward.

However, the Foxes responded with two quick goals. The first came from poor defending by Bentancur, which Nampalys Mendy converted in the 23rd minute, and two minutes later, Kelechi Iheanacho assisted James Maddison to put Leicester City ahead.

Meanwhile, in the 34th minute, Timothy Castagne almost missed Leicester City’s second goal due to a miscommunication with the goalkeeper, Ward.

After keeping Spurs at bay, Leicester doubled their lead at the top of the first half through Nigeria international Kelechi Iheanacho, who curled a shot past Eric Dier and goalkeeper Fraser Forster.

Iheanacho’s assist to Harvey Barnes for Leicester City’s fourth goal in the 71st minute was then ruled out for offside. But 10 minutes later, Barnes scored Leicester City’s fourth goal with a curling shot past the Tottenham defence, just like Kelechi Iheanacho.

Stalemates in London

Arsenal’s record winning streak in London derbies ended as Brentford held the Gunners 1-1 at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners, who have conceded just two points at home so far this season after a barren draw against Newcastle.

After a barren first-half draw, Leandro Trossard, who has scored twice for Brentford with Brighton, came off the bench to put Mikel Arteta’s side in the lead in the 66th minute. But the lead lasted just eight minutes when Ivan Toney tapped home captain Chris Norgaard’s cross. Meanwhile, the goal came after a two-minute VAR review due to an error in goal scoring.

Earlier in the game, Graham Potter was looking for his second win in seven games as Chelsea finished with a 1-1 draw at the London Stadium against West Ham.

Joao Felix, who recently returned after serving a red card ban last month, scored his first goal and Chelsea’s first EPL goal after 180 minutes to become the Blues’ 12th goalscorer in the 16th minute. But the hosts salvaged their lead through former Chelsea player Emerson in the second minute. 28.

Aribo, Onuachu, and Dennis faced defeat

While Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi recorded heavy victories against their opponents, their colleagues at other clubs suffered defeats, both at home and away.

At Saint Mary’s Stadium, new signing Paul Onuachu and compatriot Joe Aribo were beaten 2-1 by 10-man Wolves.

While Onuachu played 74 minutes before being replaced by Che Adams, Aribo only managed to play 10 minutes during the match.

The Saints scored first from Carlos Alcaraz in the 24th minute, but failed to maintain their lead until the final minutes of the game. An own goal from Jan Bednarek in the 72nd minute and substitute Joao Gomes put the visitors ahead in the 87th minute.

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In the other game, Fulham beat Nottingham Forest, who featured Super Emmanuel Dennis, 2-0 at Craven Cottage. Willian, a former Chelsea player, put the hosts ahead in the 17th minute before Manor Solomon doubled their lead in the 88th minute.

In the final match of the day, Newcastle were held at Bournemouth. Marcos Senesi gave Bournemouth the lead in the 30th minute but Miguel Almiron equalized in the second minute of added time.