Super Eagles duo Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho were in action for Leicester City in their 1-0 loss to Crystal Palace in the English Premier League victory at Selhurst Park.
Ndidi was named in the starting line up of the Foxes while Iheanacho was a second half substitute.
Former Genk midfielder Ndidi lasted the full duration and on the part of Iheanacho he came off the bench for Demarai Gray.
Palace are away to Manchester City next Saturday, the same day as Leicester take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Before that, though, Pep Guardiola’s side will have travelled to face the Foxes in the EFL Cup quarter-final on Tuesday – two tough games for Puel’s side just when consistency is eluding them.
Luka Milivojevic lit up a scrappy affair on Saturday with an impressive long-range strike shortly before half-time, and that proved enough to earn his side only their second win in 12 top-flight games and their first in 14 attempts without Wilfried Zaha.
The closest Leicester came to an equaliser was when Jamie Vardy had a shot tipped onto the post from Iheanacho’s assist with 11 minutes remaining, with Claude Puel’s men having now lost three straight Premier League games against Palace.
