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Leicester sweat on fitness of Kelechi Iheanacho ahead of Manchester United clash after striker was taken off with injury for Nigeria in shock defeat by Central African Republic

Kelechi Iheanacho has handed Leicester an injury scare just seven days from their Premier League clash against Manchester United.

The forward was taken off at half-time during Nigeria’s shock 1-0 home defeat by the Central African Republic in their World Cup qualifier.

Iheanacho fell to the turf and signalled to the bench after shooting wide in the 34th minute. He attempted to continue but did not reappear for the second half.

Kelechi Iheanacho was injured on international duty with Nigeria in a World Cup qualifier

Nigeria face the same opponents again on Sunday and boss Gernot Rohr said: ‘We have already some injuries.