Iheanacho's suspected groin injury scares Leicester City coach

Leicester City manager Dean Smith is fearing bad news for Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho as he undergoes a scan on his groin

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The City boss admitted Iheanacho’s injury, sustained in Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw with Leeds, “didn’t look great”, with a scan set for Wednesday to reveal the extent of the issue. Smith should be able to provide the results at his press conference on Friday.

Iheanacho suffered the injury in the build-up to Jamie Vardy’s equaliser, the Nigerian gripping his groin as he ran through but still managing to thread a pass forward to James Maddison as he limped on.

Smith said in his post-match press conference at Elland Road: “He’s pulled up with his groin. Well, I say pulled up, he kept going and played it through to Madders. It didn’t look great and we’ll have it scanned tomorrow (Wednesday).”

Iheanacho had started the game as City’s lead striker, with Vardy and Patson Daka dropping to the bench.

He set up good chances for Harvey Barnes and Maddison in the first half and then was twice denied by Illan Meslier in the second period.

After his injury, as he was being helped off the pitch by the City medical staff, he fired up the away fans, urging them to keep backing the team for the final 10 minutes. If his injury is serious, it will be a blow to City and Smith.

Iheanacho had scored in each of the new manager’s first two games in charge against Manchester City and Wolves, and trails only Barnes and Maddison in the club’s scoring charts.

Speaking earlier in the week about his first impressions of Iheanacho, Smith said: “He really enjoys football and he cares. You could see that from his body language right from the first moment. He's another robust character. What I've seen I've liked so far.”