Retired Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo was among the goalscorers as Al Shabab thumped Al Tai 3-0 at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, in a Saudi Arabia Pro League game week ten clash.
Ighalo’s strike off an Eva Banega assist in the 23rd minute was sandwiched between Brazilian Carlos’ 3rd-minute opener and Hussain Al Monassar’s 63rd-minute effort, as second-place Al Shabab moved to within two points of league leaders Al Ittihad.
Ighalo’s goal was his fourth in his last three games and ninth in ten league matches for the Péricles Chamusca-led side.
Ighalo’s latest effort arrives just hours after Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr confirmed he would include the former Manchester United loanee in his squad list for the World Cup qualifiers in November.
It would be recalled that Ighalo retired from the national team immediately after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The ex-Watford ace’s five goals helped the Super Eagles win the tournament’s bronze medal.
However, Rohr insists Ighalo’s experience and quality are still valuable to the team and the 32-year-old’s form continues to show that the German gaffer may be right.
