Ighalo with a brace as Al Hilal maul Al Taawoun

Published on: 10 March 2023

Odion Jude Ighalo continued his fine form as he scored for his side, Al Hilal in their win against Al Taawoun in the Saudi Arabia Pro League on Friday night, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.

The Nigerian striker scored twice to ignite the 4-0 onslaught unleashed by his team at the King Abdallah SC Stadium at the end of regulation time.

His first goal came in the 32nd minute after he received the ball he had given at first before poking it home.

He scored his second at additional time of the first half after he connected well to the cross from Carrillod to make it 2-0 as the home side ended the half with the advantage.

Ighalo who was replaced in the 77th minute by S. Shehri has now scored 8 goals in his last six matches.

Micheal in the 51st minute with a curler put the ball at the right hand corner of the post to make three for the champions in the 51st minute after a brilliant run to make it 3-0.

Al Qahtani wrapped up win for Al Hilal with his first goal for the visiting team in 10th minute of injury time.

With the win, Al Hilal leapfrog Al Taawoun to fourth place with 36 points, two points better than their opponents with two games to spare.

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