Super Eagles vice captain Ahmed Musa had a game to forget for Leicester City after failing to impress in their 1-2 loss to Sevilla in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg tie.

Musa was handed the chance to play upfront in a three man attack alongside Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez largely due to the absence of Algerian forward Islam Slimani, who is out injured.

The 23 year old failed to seize the opportunity and was yanked off by Ranieri shortly after the break, after a first half performance that left the coach with no choice than to bring in Demarai Gray in place of him.

After the game, fans of the English champions vent their anger on the Nigerian and his performances so far, with most of them stating how good he is on FIFA 17 but not on the pitch of play.

The comments were made after under a post by Squawkwa, a statistic base outfit which outlined how poor the Leicester City second most expensive player performed in the first half.

On loan Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri who played the entire duration of Sevilla’s 2-1 win over Leicester City has spoken out about the second half performance of Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidi.

Ndidi like most Leicester City player struggled to cope against Sevilla in the first half of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg tie at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

However a second half display that saw them score a priceless away goal, has kept their hopes of overturning the 1-2 loss when they play the second leg at the King Power Stadium in England.

Nasri who was up against the Ndidi confessed that the intensity which Leicester City played with was down to the hardwork of their winter signing in the midfield.

” Leicester City put up a good fight in the second half, they denied us space to play the way we love to. In the middle Ndidi was particularly quick in covering up spaces and that improved their second half performance”, Nasri said after the game.

” We are disappointed to have conceded a goal but we are confident of our chances of progressing after the second leg”.

Arsenal Nigerian forward Alex Iwobi is fine despite the nasty tackle he suffered against Sutton United in the 2-0 win on Monday in the Emirate FA Cup.

The 20 year old caused a stir when he posted a picture of his leg wrapped in bandage on snapchat after the game against Sutton, which was played on a pitch he is not used to.

However the incident that lead to fears over his availability for Arsenal’s next game came in the 33rd minute when he was at the receiving end of a heavy tackle from a Sutton defender.

An Arsenal source told ESPN that the forward didn’t suffer much damage and should be fit for Arsenal’s game against Liverpool on Saturday the 4th of March 2017.
An update on the extent of the damage he suffered from the horror tackle will be provided by manager Arsene Wenger during his next pre conference.

CHAN 2014 Most Valuable Player (MVP) Ejike Uzoenyi gave fans of his new team Bidvest Wits a bit of what to expect of him by scoring on his debut in their 5-0 thrashing of Baroka FC.

After a frustrating a two and half year stay with fellow PSL side Mamelodi Sundowns, he joined Bidvest Wits five days ago on a free transfer after Sundowns agree to let him leave for free.

Uzoenyi was handed his debut against Baroka FC, and the left footed dazzler who made the Nigerian team to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil took his chance in splendid fashion.

The former Enugu Rangers man was introduced in the 78th minute and seven minutes later he increased their lead to 4-0 before Phakamani Mahlambi completed the rout.

Bidvest Wits are now one point clear og Kaizers Chiefs who are second on the table, but they have played two games more than their second placed team.

Wilfred Ndidi will make his UEFA Champions League debut against Sevilla in the round of 16 after been named by coach Claudio Ranieri in the starting line up for tonight’s clash at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

Ndidi will play in the midfield alongside Marc Albrighton and Danny Drinkwater, as Ranieri prefers him in the defensive midfield role ahead of Daniel Amartey.

The 19 year old is not entirely new to playing in Spain against Spanish opposition, as he starred for his former side Genk against Athletic Bilbao in the group stages of the Europa League this season.

Meanwhile his fellow Nigerian at the club Ahmed Musa will also start for the Foxes, in a three man attack alongside Riyad Mahrez and Jamier Vardy.

Portuguese giants FC Porto will according to information gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com promote two Nigerian players to the first team of the club next season.

Already they have five Nigerians on their books namely Mikel Agu, Fidelis Irhene, Chidera Ezeh, Chidozie Awaziem, Moses and Musa Yahaya but only Awaziem is a first team player.

Awaziem has surprisingly not played a game this season after his breakthrough season last time out but has remain very pivotal to the B team who are campaigning in the second division.

Yahaya is yet to play for either of their teams, while Moses John has so far struggle to pin a spot in the U-19 following his transfer to the club in the summer.

However Irhene and Ezeh who are at Portimonense at loan have shown enough promise and one among them will be given a shot at the first team when pre season resumes ahead of the start of next season.

Mikel Agu is already guaranteed to make the first team rooster for pre season engagements, where his performances might earn him another shot at the first team for the first time since 2014.

Kelechi Iheanacho lack of game time at Manchester City is a form of betrayal by manager Pep Guardiola according to coach Manu Garba, the ex-Nigeria U-17 coach who gave him his breakthrough at the 2013 World Youth Championship.

Iheanacho has missed the last seven games of Manchester City. He failed to make the matchday squad on five occasions and was twice left on the bench by Guardiola.

Even the injury to Gabriel Jesus hasn’t worked in his favour as many speculated and Garba believes the 20 year old has not been fairly treated by the manager.

” He (Iheanacho) pulled out of the Nigerian team to the last Olympics in Rio on the orders of Guardiola, who also made the club sign an extension with him. Fast forward June to this day and he can’t get into the team”, Manu told Owngoalnigeria.com.

” It’s normal for him to feel betrayed by the man who made him sacrifice the chance to play at the Olympics with Nigeria. He is a good lad and will definitely prove people wrong in the future”.

Nigeria will take on Senegal with the full compliment of all of their foreign based squad including players based in England, where the game will take place.

Although coach Gernot Rohr has indicated that he intends to try out new players, the coach however told Owngoalnigeria.com that he will however include almost all of his stars in the friendly games.

” We will fill a strong team against Senegal and Ghana. The game is crucial to our aspirations of going to the 2019 Nations Cup and 2018 World Cup. It’s in London so there won’t be much problem”, Rohr said.

” The idea is to perfect strategy ahead of very crucial games, so even though we will have some new players, we will field a strong team, almost how we intend to play in our game”.

Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has warned players of the senior Nigeria national team moving to China, that players based in Europe are going to be considered ahead of them when it comes to selecting of players.

Brown Ideye is close to joining Super Eagles duo of captain John Obi Mikel and Odion Ighalo in China, which will bring to five the number of Nigerian players who have moved to the Far East since January.

Overall there are now seven Nigerian players plying their trade in the big paying Chinese environment, and Rohr has warned that he will consider less players from the league.

” The Chinese League is not as backward as many thought, or it has moved forward from what it use to be. But Europe is still where I feel is best for players as the level is very high”, Rohr told Owngoalnigeria.com.

” We have to consider the players in competitive leagues before looking at the players in less competitive league, maybe three players from China would be ideal for our squad”.