Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Kelechi Iheanacho and VAR help Leicester to FA Cup win over Fleetwood

In years to come, this might be considered the first success of a football revolution. Or, the beginning of the machines taking over and removing the joy from football. Either way, for the first time in the English game, VAR was used to reverse a decision, awarding Kelechi Iheanacho his and Leicester’s second goal.

Iheanacho was the hero on what was at first a tricky night for Leicester and the closing stages could have been pretty nerve-racking had his second not been allowed, an erroneous linesman’s flag corrected by TV replays.

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