'Go hard on him' - Osimhen shares what he heard Ghana assistant coach say to Amartey and Djiku

Victor Osimhen has revealed what he heard one of the assistant coaches to Otto Addo tell Ghana central defenders Daniel Amartey and Alexander Djiku during the 2022 World Cup playoff between the two countries at the Baba Yara Stadium on Friday night.

Osimhen was a marked man with Amartey and Djiku carrying out the job to perfection, with the Super Eagles number 9 failing to score for only the first away game in World Cup qualifying, having previously found the net in away matches against Cape Verde, Central African Republic and Liberia.

Leicester City center back Amartey was one of the Black Stars players singled out for praise by Super Eagles caretaker coach Augustine Eguavoen after the game, saying the strikers found it tough to breach the opponents defence.

"Mostly the assistant coach will come up from the bench and say, 'go hard on him', Amartey and the other defender Djiku," Osimhen told Elegbete TV Sports.

"They were trying to do the assignment very well but they don't know we have some kind of deadly technique that can actually get the job done for us. We are really happy with our performance".

He added : "They were trying to tame me, I am not the kind of player that makes simulations but when I'm hit for sure I will go down, it's part of the game, but when the referee doesn't call for a foul it's normal to react.