By Daily Sports on May 7, 2016
Two of the brightest young Nigerian talents in Europe would face off on Sunday when Manchester City host Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium in a battle for a Champions League place between the third and fourth-placed sides.
Kelechi Iheanacho has said he looks forward to facing Super Eagles team mate Alex Iwobi in a battle for the automatic UCL spot.
The 19-year-old is on a scoring spree after notching his 13th goal of the season from a brace against Southampton last weekend. He’ll face Iwobi whose goals have dried up but not his inventiveness in the middle of the park.
“[Arsenal] are a clever, quick team and I think this will be a very tough game for us, but one we have to win,” Iheanacho told the City website.
“I will be up against my brother, Alex Iwobi, who I know really well from the Nigerian national team – he’s a great player and he’s looking forward to playing against us [too].”
Both players were roommates during the Super Eagles’ pair of Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Egypt in March.
City need to win to close the three-point gap between both teams who have seen their campaign blighted by injuries as they lost sight of soar away leaders Leicester and Tottenham.
•Sourced from Goal.com. Photo shows Iheanacho and Iwobi.
Source Daily Sports
Posted May 7, 2016
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