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Nigerian
striker Aiyegbeni Yakubu hasn’t scored for Leicester City in almost a
month but his coach at the English Championship side, Sven-Goran
Eriksson believes it won’t be long before the striker rediscovers his
scoring form.

Yakubu, who joined
Leicester in January — on loan until the end of the season from
Premier League side Everton — found the back of the net four times in
his first six games for the Foxes.

But since grabbing
Leicester’s opening goal in the Foxes 2-1 win over Bristol City at the
Walkers Stadium on February 18, the Nigerian international has been
unable to score a goal for the promotion seeking side.

Five games and over
500 minutes of football have since gone by since Yakubu’s 21st minute
strike against Bristol City, and it is enough to make any striker
worried.

Eriksson, a former
coach of the English national team, admits that it was a source of
concern for the highly-rated Yakubu, but is quick to add that he was
satisfied with the Nigerian’s overall contribution to the team.

Confidence

The Swedish-born coach is nevertheless certain that the 28-year-old would very soon rediscover his goal scoring form.

“I guess it is more
a concern for him as a striker, but not just him, any striker,
especially as he has come from the Premier League and dropped down a
division,” said Eriksson, also a former handler of Italian sides Parma
and Lazio.

He added: “His fame
is goal scoring. He had a couple of chances against Norwich (on
Tuesday, March 8) and he will score again soon, no problem.

“We want to play
him in as often as possible because we know if he can control it, and
he is always marked of course, something will come out of his
cleverness.

“He comes out on the half turn and plays people in. He is a clever football player.”

Leicester City,
following five straight victories, have since suffered three losses in
their last five games and have dropped to ninth on the log standings.

But with nine matches to the end of the season, they will need to
rediscover their early season form if they are to secure one of the two
automatic promotion spots beginning with this weekend’s home game
against Portsmouth which incidentally was one of Yakubu’s former sides.