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Henry questions Iheanacho’s celebration neglect
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Former Arsenal striker, Thierry Henry, has questioned the action of Manchester City players for not celebrating with Super Eagles striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, after he scored the team’s only goal against Tottenham on Sunday.
Iheanacho cancelled out Harry Kane’s second-half penalty but Christian Eriksen scored a late winning goal for Spurs to earn the visitors a crucial three points.
“I know you have to go and get the ball back [to ensure a quick restart with the score level at 1-1 at the time] but no one went to celebrate with Iheanacho,” Henry told Sky Sports.
Read also: Iheanacho’s goal fails to save Man City
“That’s something that, I don’t know… you scored a goal, go and celebrate with the guy. ‘Let’s go, get the ball back’. No one went to celebrate with him. He was in the corner there.
“I think Vincent Kompany went with him and someone else but that’s it. Maybe I’m reading too much between the lines about that Man City team, but no one went to celebrate with him, that’s a bit weird.”
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