Peterborough United 1 Leicester City 5: Iheanacho and debutant Diabate at the double

Kelechi Iheanacho extended his fine FA Cup record as Leicester City eased to a 5-1 victory over League One Peterborough United in round four.

Iheanacho scored a brace as the Foxes overcame Fleetwood Town in round three and did likewise at London Road after debutant Fousseni Diabate opened the scoring.

Former Manchester City striker Iheanacho netted his only senior hat-trick against Aston Villa in this round two years ago and his nine goals overall is more than any other player has managed since he made his January 2016 bow in the competition.

Diabate, a reported £2million signing from Ligue 2 club Gazelec Ajaccio earlier this month, also shone and cut a lovely finish across Peterborough goalkeeper Jonathan Bond in the ninth minute.

Iheanacho arrowed a fine left-footed strike into the bottom-left corner despite Harvey Barnes screaming for a pass in space outside him, effectively ending the contest three minutes later.

 goals in  Emirates FA Cup games for @67Kelechi! #PetLei pic.twitter.com/4KGAAUMvgu

— Leicester City (@LCFC) January 27, 2018

The Nigeria international then doubled his tally by steering in a volley from Christian Fuchs’ sensational left-wing cross after 29 minutes.

Andrew Hughes grabbed a reward for Peterborough’s spirited second-half response from a 58th-minute corner, but the waves of Leicester attacks kept coming and Diabate crowned an excellent showing by firing into the roof of the net three minutes from time after Bond saved from Demarai Gray.

Wilfred Ndidi finished in similar fashion two minutes into stoppage time to complete the rout.