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Algeria 2-1 Nigeria: Super Eagles player ratings – Uzoho fumbles, Moffi strikes

Algeria confirmed their superiority over Nigeria with a come-from-behind 2-1 win contained in the Olympic Stadium in Oran on Tuesday evening.
Under is how the Tremendous Eagles fared in the course of the encounter.
GK: Francis Uzoho – 3.5
Nigeria’s goalkeeping worries proceed. Uzoho confirmed once more that he’s not significantly better than Maduka Okoye in between the goalposts. There’s nothing a lot he might have completed about Riyad Mahrez’s penalty.
However to tamely concede a 40-yard strike he noticed all the way in which is a brand new low level for him with the Tremendous Eagles.
RB: Ola Aina – 4.5
Aina put shift in, particularly within the first half when the Algerians vigorously positioned the Eagles on the again foot.
Provided Ademola Lookman little or no help in assault, although.
RCB: Kevin Akpoguma – 5.5
Akpoguma stood in properly for injured vice-captain William Troost-Ekong. The Hoffenheim defender was accountable partially for permitting an Algerian attacker the room to show and take the shot that ultimately left to the penalty.
LCB: Calvin Bassey – 6
One among Nigeria’s higher gamers on the day. The Ajax man was aggressive within the sort out, lined his place properly, and helped out Sanusi often.
LB: Zaidu Sanusi – 5.5
It was removed from certainly one of Sanusi’s finest performances because the Porto fullback had a busy day shepherding Manchester Metropolis’s Riyad Mahrez. Misplaced a few passes even when not beneath stress.
He had Bassey to thank for serving to him out of some harmful conditions.
DM: Frank Onyeka – 4
Onyeka isn’t any Ndidi, however he did his major job – shielding the defence from hazard – properly sufficient.
Effectively, that was till his mistimed sort out gave away the penalty from which the hosts drew stage.
CM: Alex Iwobi – 6
The Everton midfielder watched the sport stream previous him with out having the ability to seize it by the scruff.
He was the Eagles’ finest participant on Friday however nowhere near that stage on Tuesday. Nonetheless, there was no different Nigerian participant who displayed as a lot high quality as Iwobi in midfield.
RW: Ademola Lookman – 5
The Atalanta winger scored aim within the first half that was cancelled for offside. Was not as harmful as he would have liked to be because the Algerians hoarded nearly all of the possession within the first half.
RW: Moses Simon – 5
Simon was the skipper of the day within the absence of captain Ahmed Musa and vice-captain William Troost-Ekong.
The Nantes attacker, nevertheless, did extra work in defence than in assault because the Desert Foxes imposed their gameplan on the Eagles.
SS: Kelechi Iheanacho – 5.5
Iheanacho was harmful within the first half when he drove two fierce photographs on the Algerian aim, with certainly one of them ensuing within the aim that was disallowed.
Iheanacho’s high quality is extra evident when his crew has extra of the ball. Sadly, the Algerians gave away little in Oran.
CF: Terem Moffi – 6
Moffi confirmed good consciousness to pounce on a unfastened ball and hand the Tremendous Eagles the lead within the opening minutes. That was Moffi’s third aim for Nigeria following his brace towards Sao Tome and Principe in June.
By no means stopped operating afterwards, however his aim was pretty much as good because it received for the Lorient centre-forward.