Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has admitted he knew next to nothing about Kelechi Iheanacho before the Manchester City youngster scored a late winner at Selhurst Park.
Palace looked set to end the Premier League leaders’ 100 per cent record before Iheanacho pounced from close range to secure a 1-0 win for Manuel Pellegrini’s side on his second senior appearance.
Iheanacho entered the pitch moments earlier as an 89th-minute replacement for Wilfried Bony and Pardew was not immediately concerned about his goalscoring prowess.
Along with an unfamiliar name, Pardew would have seen No. 72 on the new arrival’s back which, within a minute, became the highest shirt number to score in Premier League history.
“No, if I’m honest. I don’t know much about him at all. In fact I had to look on his shirt to see who he was,” Pardew said at a post-match media conference when he was asked if he previously knew who Iheanacho was.
“Man City have so many players and it’s a problem going forward [for other clubs]. Not only are they building a very strong first XI but they’re snapping up a lot of young players from across the globe who are going to be coming through in the next three or four years who are going to make it really difficult for us. He might be one but I don’t really know too much more about him.”
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