Champions League Wrap : Iwobi Makes Cameo Appearance For Arsenal; Iheanacho Absent For City; Alaba Stars For Bayern

Roundup of the Champions League games involving players of Nigerian descent on match day three.

At the Emirates, Arsenal registered a comfortable 6-0 win versus Bulgarian champions Ludogorets. Nigeria international Alex Iwobi entered into the fray in the 73rd minute, Chuba Akpom was not involved.

A hat-trick from German star Mesut Ozil and goals from Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez and Oxlade-Chamberlain secured the win for the Gunners.

Over to the Camp Nou, a spectacular second half from Barcelona saw them dominate the goalscoring department, thrashing Manchester City 4-0, with Lionel Messi registering his name on the scorecard three times.

Super Eagles star Kelechi Iheanacho was surprisingly left out of the Citizens 18-man squad while Tosin Adarabioyo traveled to Spain but played for the U19s in the UEFA Youth League.

As expected, Efe Ambrose was not involved in Celtic’s 2-0 loss at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach . He has not been registered for the group stage of the Champions League. Stindl and Hahn netted for the Germans in the second half.

At the Allianz Arena, Austria international David Alaba put in a ninety-minute shift at left wing-back in Bayern Munich’s 4-1 rout of PSV.

There were four different scorers for the Bundesliga champions - Müller, Kimmich, Lewandowski and Robben.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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