Champions League Wrap : Iwobi Makes Cameo Appearance For Arsenal; Iheanacho Absent For City; Alaba Stars For Bayern
Roundup of the Champions League games involving players of Nigerian descent on match day three.<br /><br />At the Emirates, Arsenal registered a comfortable 6-0 win versus Bulgarian champions Ludogorets. Nigeria international <b>Alex Iwobi </b>entered into the fray in the 73rd minute<b>, Chuba Akpom </b>was not involved. <br /><br />A hat-trick from German star Mesut Ozil and goals from Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez and Oxlade-Chamberlain secured the win for the Gunners. <br /><br />Over to the Camp Nou, a spectacular second half from Barcelona saw them dominate the goalscoring department, thrashing Manchester City 4-0, with Lionel Messi registering his name on the scorecard three times. <br /><br />Super Eagles star <b>Kelechi Iheanacho </b>was surprisingly left out of the Citizens 18-man squad while <b>Tosin Adarabioyo</b> traveled to Spain but played for the U19s in the UEFA Youth League. <br /><br />As expected, <b>Efe Ambrose </b>was not involved in Celtic<span class="st"></span>’s 2-0 loss at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach . He has not been registered for the group stage of the Champions League. Stindl and Hahn netted for the Germans in the second half.<br /><br />At the Allianz Arena, Austria international <b>David Alaba </b>put in a ninety-minute shift at left wing-back in Bayern Munich’s 4-1 rout of PSV. <br /><br />There were four different scorers for the Bundesliga champions - Müller, Kimmich, Lewandowski and Robben.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br />Photo Credit : arsenal.com <br />
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