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Road to Qatar: Osimhen, Musa Score As Nigeria Humbles Liberia -By Shereefdeen Sawe
Victor Osimhen was hacked down inside the box and the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Musa converted it into a goal to give the Eagles a commanding 2-0 away victory.
The Nigerian Super Eagles moved closer into the race for the 2022 Qatar World Cup Qualifier after claiming a comfortable 2-0 victory over Liberia at Tangier on Saturday, thanks to Victor Osimhen and Ahmed Musa’s well-converted penalty goals
Napoli’s striker Victor Osimhen put the Eagles at the driver’s seat 15th minutes into the game with a spot-kick after Kelechi Iheanancho was brought down inside the box by goalkeeper Boisen de Souze.
The penalty goal proved to be the only difference between the two sides before the break. The Super Eagles got the better part of the whole 90th minutes.
Substitute Ahmed Musa wrapped up the scoring for Nigeria at the stoppage time to hand the Eagles their fourth win in the Group C African world cup qualification.
Victor Osimhen was hacked down inside the box and the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Musa converted it into a goal to give the Eagles a commanding 2-0 away victory.
Nigeria has now won four out of their five Group C matches and sits top with 12 points at the table as they prepare for a crunch match with Cape Verde in Lagos on Tuesday.
