Manchester City Hail Impressive Iheanacho After Full Debut For Nigeria
English Premier League club Manchester City monitored the African Cup of Nations qualifier between Nigeria and Egypt on Friday evening.<br /><br />Their highly-rated striker Kelechi Iheanacho made his first-ever start for the Super Eagles, lasting 64 minutes on the pitch before he was replaced by <span>Osmanlıspor frontman Aminu Umar.<br /><br />The Super Eagles went in front on the hour mark courtesy of Oghenekaro Etebo, who scrambled home a rebound after Iheanacho had hit the woodwork.<br /><br /></span><span><span class="st">“</span>Impressive @67Kelechi played just over an hour as Mohamed Salah</span><span>’s late goal for Egypt meant it finished 1-1 in Nigeria. #AFCON2017,</span><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">” City posted on their official Twitter page.<br /><br />Iheanacho has two caps for the senior national team, having made his official debut, off the bench, in a World Cup qualifier against Swaziland last November.<br /><br /><b>Igho Kingsley</b><br /><br />Photo Credit : mcfc.co.uk<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span>
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