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Nigeria’s Iheanacho nominated for Premier League Player Of The Month Award
Super Eagles forward, Kelechi Iheanacho, has been nominated for Premier League Player Of The Month Award for his outstanding performance in his EPL club, Leicester City.
The Nigerian has scored five times in three EPL games for the Foxes in the period under review.
He netted his first Premier League hat-trick for Leicester in the game against Sheffield United at the King Power Stadium on Sunday, March 14.
The Foxes also went unbeaten in the month under review winning two and drawing one of the three games they played.
Other players shortlisted in the nominees’ list are Andreas Christensen, Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Jesse Lingard (West Ham United) and Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez.
Also, Manchester United’s Luke Shaw, Leeds United’s Illan Meslier as well as Leandro Trossard of Brighton and Hove Albion.
List of eight players nominated for March’s Premier League player of the month:
• Andreas Christensen
• Kelechi Iheanacho
• Harry Kane
• Jesse Lingard
• Riyad Mahrez
• Illan Meslier
• Luke Shaw
• Leandro Trossard