As the new signing Odion Ighalo comes on the pitch, he becomes the seventh African and first Nigerian player to feature for Manchester United.
Ighalo becomes the first Nigerian to play for Manchester United. #AFCON2019 top scorer’s pro career has taken him from Julius Berger to Manchester United via Lyn Oslo, Udinese, Granada, Watford, Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Shenhua.
For his #MUFC debut, he replaced @AnthonyMartial as the match enter stoppage time.
Other six African players that have played for Man Utd are Ivorian Eric Bailly , Cameroonian Eric Djemba-Djemba, Senegalese Mame Biram Diouf , Angolan Manucho (Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves) , South African Quinton Fortune and Ivorian Wilfred Zaha
It was an amazing 3 points against a really tough opponent as Manchester United FC defeated Chelsea FC 2:0.
Nigerian Striker managed as many shots on target in #CHEMUN as the entire Chelsea team combined (1).
Odion Ighalo came on in the 91st minute.
However the blues still remained in the top four at the EPL table.
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