'You can't miss the chances I saw today' - Arsenal legend Wright blasts wasteful Iheanacho 

Arsenal legend Ian Wright has blasted the Leicester City players, especially Kelechi Iheanacho in particular, for squandering clear-cut chances during their 1-0 loss to Southampton in a Premier League meeting at St Mary's Stadium on Saturday evening.

The Nigeria international missed a catalogue of chances and it was astonishing that he lasted the entire duration of the game. 

In the 20th minute, Iheanacho had a great chance to give Leicester City the lead but planted his header wide from close range after he got onto James Maddison's in-swinging free-kick.

Five minutes into the second half, the Leicester City number 14 had another big chance but couldn't hit a header from inside the box after a fine cross from Dennis Praet. 

Iheanacho clipped the top of the net in the 66th minute after Southampton goalkeeper Bazunu played the ball straight out to him, and failed to hit the target from distance with six minutes left on the clock. 

Wright was displeased with the manner in which Leicester City lost to Southampton and highlighted that the missed chances cost them the game. 

In quotes relayed by LeicestershireLive, Wright said : "You can't miss the chances I saw today. This header (from Iheanacho), I don't know what to say. It's such a poor header. The next one (Iheanacho), just head it back where it came from.

"This one, along the ground, curl it into the goalkeeper's right corner. The last one from Maddison's cross - he was brilliant today - I couldn't be a manager seeing (a miss like) that (from Souttar). I don't know how Brendan can be so calm in his interview.

"For you to be missing chances like that, you deserve to lose games."

Iheanacho has directly participated in ten goals (6 goals, 4 assists) in 26 all-competition appearances so far this season.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel 

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