PL 2 : Why incredible Nigeria defender missed Brighton’s 4-goal thriller against Chelsea

Chelsea dropped a two-goal lead to attract 2-2 with Brighton & Hove in a Premier League 2 conflict staged on the Amex Elite Soccer Efficiency Centre on Sunday night.

As for workforce information, no participant of Nigerian descent featured for each groups. Fullback Derrick Abu was a non-playing substitute for the Blues, whereas Seagulls central defender Odeluga Offiah missed out fully from the matchday squad.

The Nigeria-eligible teen has not figured for Brighton & Hove in any respect ranges since October 8 when he was in motion for 85 minutes in a 3-3 draw in opposition to Manchester United.

nigeriasoccernet.com can report that Offiah remains to be recovering from damage and the sport in opposition to Chelsea got here too quickly for him.

Chelsea thought that they had three factors within the bag after strikes from Mason Burstow and Omari Hutchinson noticed them set up a two-goal lead three minutes into the second half.

Luca Barrington bought the Seagulls again within the sport when he curled house from the sting of the field within the 76th minute earlier than Imari Samuels discovered the again of the web from eight yards out to make it 2-2 with one minute of regular time left.

Offiah has made one look for Brighton’s first workforce this season, in opposition to Forest Inexperienced Rovers within the League Cup, and has performed seven instances for the event squad in all competitions.