Nigerian Wonderkid Ndukwu Scores Two Stunners, Ughelumba Debuts As Leicester Return To Winning Ways In UYL

Leicester City ended a two-game losing streak in the UEFA Youth League with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over FC Copenhagen at&nbsp; Loughborough University Football Stadium (Loughborough) on Tuesday afternoon. <br /><br />The Foxes would have been staring elimination in the face if they had lost today&rsquo;s fixture, but a brace from England youth-teamer of Nigerian descent Layton Ndukwu and Pascanu secured an important win for Beaglehole&rsquo;s side.<br /><br />Both teams headed into the interval with the scoreboard reading 1-1, but it changed five minutes out of intermission when Ndukwu curled in an effort from 20 yards.<br /><br />And it became 3-1 fifteen minutes later courtesy of another brilliant goal from the number eleven, who struck from long range. <br /><br />Both Ndukwu and the exciting Nigerian defender Calvin Ughelumba put in a ninety-minute shift.<br /><br />Igho Kingsley <br /><br />Photo Credit : Twitter.com<br />
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