Leonardo Ulloa has shown he will score goals in the Premier League, Leicester City assistant manager Craig Shakespeare said after the Argentine scored twice in City's win at Rotherham United tonight.
The club record signing produced two good finishes inside ten first half minutes and could have collected his hat-trick as City ran out 3-1 winners at The New York Stadium and Shakespeare said the goals would boost Ulloa's confidence.
"We have been encouraging the wide players and the full-backs to get crosses into the box," he said.
"Leo has played a lot in the last few seasons up front on his own but we told him we want him in the box and we want crosses coming in.
"He showed tonight he can finish and he will get goals for us, and I am pleased for him."
Danny Drinkwater was also on target as City were given a good work-out by the Millers but the one negative for City was an ankle injury to Anthony Knockaert, although Shakespeare said it didn't look too serious.
"He had a little knock on it earlier but said he was okay," he said.
"We brought him off at the end as a precaution.
"He will be assessed tonight and tomorrow. We will know more tomorrow but it doesn't look serious at this stage and knowing Anthony he will want to train again straight away."
Jamie Vardy was also not risked because of a thigh strain but could return to training this week.
"From Saturday we took him out as a precaution," added Shakespeare.
"We are still monitoring him and thought it would be a risk to play him tonight.
"We are hopeful he can start training again at the end of the week."
Overall, Shakespeare said the Millers had given City a good test as they prepare for the opening day of the season against Everton.
"I thought from the off it was a good tempo game," he said.
"It was a good test for us and something we needed.
"We asked them to show a lot more intensity than they have done in the last game and I think they did that tonight. "