Versatile Nigerian Defender Directly Involved In Four Goals As Arsenal U18 Humiliate Leicester 7-0

Arsenal U18s picked apart fellow league counterparts, Leicester City 7-0 in their U-18 Premier League encounter on Saturday afternoon, with three Nigerians scoring for the Gunners.

Highly-rated goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo started in between the sticks for the hosts at the Shenley Training Centre while Mazeed Ogungbo, James Olayinka and Bukayo Saka who all got on the scoresheet also featuring for Arsenal from the off.

Saka, who mostly plays as a defender for England's youth teams, helped himself to a brace of goals and assists in the rout, setting up John-Jules second of the afternoon before scoring in the 50th and 55th minutes.

Olayinka had earlier opened the floodgates after just 17 minutes before yet another delightful assist from Saka to Ogubgbo freed up the defender to beat Jakub Stolarczyk in the opposition goal and round off the thrashing.