The Japan international scored 19 goals in 135 games in four years at Leicester.
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Leicester City Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi have earned the praises of their boss Claude Puel following their impressive performance in their 1-1 draw with Brighton and Hove Albion.
Iheanacho replaced Shinji Okazaki in the 46th minute to see if he could salvage the situation after his team conceded two early goals.
After a testing start to the campaign, Palace are unbeaten in their last six games under Hodgson – a run which has moved them to within a point of safety
The Lions were reduced to 10 men after the break when Jake Cooper committed a second bookable offence, but the third-tier outfit were quick to regroup and they held firm to punish the wasteful Foxes at the death
While Ndidi saw action for the entire 90 minutes, Musa replaced Shinji Okazaki in the 63rd minute of the tie
After Jamie Vardy set Christian Fuchs free down the left with just five minutes gone, the full-back crossed for Shinji Okazaki to sweep into the roof of the net from close range to give the Foxes an early lead
With less than a quarter-of-an-hour on the clock, Christian Benteke thought he had opened the scoring for the visitors but his fine header rebounded off the crossbar and went clear
Shinji Okazaki sent the visitors into a 28th-minute lead, but just five minutes later, Riyad Mahrez was denied by Mark Bunn from the penalty spot and that miss proved crucial as Rudy Gestede equalised for Villa 15 minutes from time