Super Eagles’ midfielder, Alex Iwobi, was the hero on Saturday evening as English Premier League side, Fulham, defeated newly promoted side, Leicester City 2-1.
The former Arsenal star fired through the legs of goalkeeper Mads Hermansen to restore Fulham’s lead after Wout Faes had levelled for the Foxes before the break.
The Cottagers, who were dominant throughout, opened the scoring when club record signing, and another former Arsenal player, Emile Smith Rowe slotted in.
Smith Rowe joined Fulham in a £34m deal from Arsenal earlier this month after falling out of favour with Gunners boss Mikel Arteta – making just 13 Premier League appearances last season.
Faes’ equaliser 20 minutes later was initially ruled out by referee Darren Bond, who judged Jamie Vardy to have been interfering with Bernd Leno in an offside position.
But the video assistant referee sent Bond to the pitchside monitor and he overturned the decision after seeing replays of the Fulham goalkeeper pushing Vardy out his way.
It is the first win of the season for Marco Silva’s side, who came away from their opener at Manchester United empty-handed, losing 1-0 to a late goal.
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