Leicester City's Harrison Panayiotou named Under-21 Player of the Month

Leicester City's Harrison Panayiotou has been named the Barclays Under-21 Player of the Month for March.

The frontman has impressed for the club of late having scored six goals, one of which came against U21 champions Chelsea, in his last six games in all competitions.

Panayiotou managed to beat off competition from Liverpool's Sergi Canos, Aston Villa's Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, Fulham's Ange-Freddy Plumain, Norwich City's Remi Matthews and his own teammate Jak McCourt.

"I'm just speechless - I'm lost for words really," Panayiotou told Foxes Player. "It's a big achievement for me. I've been loving it.

"I've been trying to adapt to a deeper role in midfield, but my manager Steve Beaglehole trusted me to put me back upfront and I've delivered. At the minute, I just want to keep playing games and scoring goals."

The youngster also scored a hat-trick in a World Cup qualifying match for St Kitts and Nevis last month.