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Nigerian star Kelechi Iheanacho was a hit for Manchester City last season and jopefully new City coach Pep Guardiola will keep faith him. Here are his 14 goals for City in the 2015/16 season. Enjoy

  Nigeria’s Super Eagles started their two-games friendly campaign with a 1-0 win over Mali at the Stade Richon in Rouen on Friday. Kelechi Iheanacho came off the bench in place of Alex Iwobi to score his first international goal for the Super Eagles. Interim coach Salisu Yusuf put out a makeshift squad with Musa Mohammed making his début at right back while Ogenyi Onazi stepped in a skipper for the day. With only goalkeeper Djigui Diarra to beat, Ighalo wasted a golden chance in the 19 th minute. There were plenty of great opportunities but Ighalo, debutant Musa Muhammed and Etebo could not get the ball into the Malian net before half time.

Nigeria defender Michael Odibe was the hero of the night as his goal helped his Concordia Chiajna side escape relegation from the Romanian top flight. Needing a point from their last two games in the relegation play-off, Chiajna took the short trip to Petrolul Ploiesti on Tuesday night to try and save their season and did so courtesy a 1-0 win with Odibe’s headed goal the difference. The home side made the better start as they found an opening in the Chiajna defence but didn’t make hay.