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Kelechi Iheanacho Grabs Nineth Goal Of The Season

With just eight minutes after his introducing, The Nigerian striker got the equalizer to leveled the game when his team was 1-0 down but  late Erickson's strike was enough to punish the Citezens to a home defeat Kelechi Iheanacho was on target for Manchester City in their 2-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday evening. Sterling was harshly adjudged by referee Mark Clattenburg to have handled Rose's cross, allowing Kane to tuck home the opener eight minutes into the second half amid jeers from an angry Etihad crowd.In the second half, Pellegrini then threw caution to the wind as Iheanacho replaces Fernando after the hour and it took little time for the Nigerian to make an impact with his ninth City goal in all competitions.The 19-year-old kept a cool head and calmly side-footed Gael Clichy's cross pasta helpless Hugo Lloris 16 minutes from time, only for Eriksen to take advantage of sloppy defending from City to settle the contest in Spurs' favour.However, it was Eriksen – celebrating his 24th birthday – who had the last laugh, slotting home Erik Lamela's pass amid lacklustre City defending on captain Vincent Kompany's return from injury.With this defeat, City are 4th on the Englishtopflight log with 47 points from 26 games and they travel to Anfield for their next game against Liverpool on March 2.

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