The visitors made sure of the points in the 86th minute when Iheanacho, having passed up the chance to score himself after taking the ball too wide of Given, delivered a low cross into Nolito and the Spanish international fired home for his first Premier League goal since arriving from Celta Vigo
Browsing: Kelechi Iheanacho
City’s new boss has already made headway on a rapid overhaul of his squad, but fresh terms for Iheanacho suggest the teenager will continue to command regular first-team action
Iheanacho, who played a part in City’s 2-1 win over Sunderland at the weekend, made the 21-man squad to travel to Romania
It was mission accomplished for caretaker Coach Salihu Yusuf after he was tasked to win both friendlies against Mali and Luxembourg
Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho and Brown Ideye are however picked ahead of Ighalo for today’s tie
Iheanacho smashed home the match winner on 77 minutes just moments after he replaced Arsenal youngster, Alex Iwobi
Meanwhile, Watford FC of England star, forward Odion Ighalo, was the first player at the Super Eagles’ camp in France on Tuesday night, but has since been joined by 16 others as the three-time African champions prepare for the Malian friendly
Both players have enjoyed impressive debut campaigns in the Premier League this term. Nineteen-year-old Iheanacho has scored 13 goals in 35 appearances in all competitions for City, while Rashford burst on to the United scene in February with four goals in two matches against FC Midtjylland and Arsenal
A draw means that City are only two points ahead of United, who have a game more to play and will be guaranteed of a Champions League place if they win their last two matches away at West Ham United and at home to Bournemouth
Iheanacho has netted 10 goals for the Citizens, while his compatriot, Iwobi, has also turned out to be a main stay in the Arsenal first team this season
Real Madrid were in control as the match settled and they had the lead in the 20th minute when Gareth Bale found the top corner with a right-footed effort after Carvajal had slid a super pass behind the away side’s defence
The exciting Nigerian teenager’s two goals against Southampton in their Premier League clash, took his City tally to 13 goals in 32 appearances, just nine of them being starts
He then smashed home his brace in the 78th minute, when he curled his shot with his magical left foot beyond the goalkeeper from the edge of the box
Iheanacho struck twice for his side in Sunday’s Premier League clash at Southampton, but could not prevent the European semi-finalists from losing 4-2 to Ronald Koeman’s side at St Mary’s.
Iheanacho replaced injured David Silva in the 40th minute of the tie
The first opportunity of the game fell to Iheanacho but after the young forward curled just wide of the post from 20 yards, Stoke came into the game and could have opened the scoring through Ryan Shawcross, who dragged his half-volley wide of the post
The coach, who is facing a dilemma of getting commitment from European clubs on the release of players to the national team’s camp, maintained that he is sure of few names, including Iwobi and Iheanacho, despite not yet beingdecided on his final list for the Games
And Mikel, who is the new captain of the Super Eagles, has been hugely impressed by the teenagers and believes the addition of such young and hungry players to the squad has brought a new dynamic to the setup
Arsenal and Manchester City starlets, Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho, alongside Watford star, Odion Ighalo, are part of the star names on the foreign based list
Earlier in the game, Spurs were handed a very controversial penalty when referee Mark Clattenburg judged that Sterling had handled a cross from Rose, but replays showed that it struck the winger’s side