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Leicester City and Nigerian duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi have won the English FA Cup for the 2020/21 season following a 1-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday evening, May 15.
The Foxes denied Thomas Tuchel his first title shot at Wembley since the manager joined the Stamford Bridge in January.
Leicester had sent their fans into frenzy when they took the lead through Youri Tielemans who rifled home in the 63rd minute.
The Blues came so close to an equaliser as Chilwell headed towards the corner but Schmeichel saved.
Despite bringing in the experienced Olivier Giroud in the last 10 minutes of the encounter, Thomas Tuchel’s side failed to restore parity.
Chelsea went on to put the ball at the back of the net in stoppage time, but VAR check ruled Ben Chilwell’s effort for an offside.
It is Chelsea’s second straight loss in the final having failed to win against Arsenal in the previous season.
For the Foxes, it is their first-ever win in the club’s history since they last played at the in 1969.
Iheanacho and Ndidi have now joined the exclusive list of Nigerian players to have won the world’s oldest football competition.
