SUPER Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo has been named in the English Premier League Team of the Week following his superb form for Watford who beat Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on match day 10.
The Nigerian who didn't score in the game but provided two assist was selected by BBC pundit Garth Crooks.
According to Garth, "The performance by Ighalo in Watford's two nil victory over Stoke City at the weekend at the Britannia Stadium was enough to earn him a place in the side alongside the other, in the opinion of the former Spurs striker anyway, most impressive performers in the topflight over the latest weekend.
"Don't you just love to see a strike partnership? They are so rare these days. Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney have worked out that they might not be the best individual strikers in the league but as a double act they can be just as effective as a Sergio Aguero or a Daniel Sturridge. I wanted to pick Deeney but Ighalo was too impressive. His flick around the corner for Deeney to score his first Premier League goal was just wonderful. Not satisfied with that Ighalo then stole the ball from Marc Wilson to feed Almen Abdi, who finished like his life depended on it. It was a brilliant, unselfish all round display."
It's always good to see us represented in this way, and well played to Ighalo for his recognition, but the most important thing about the weekend was of course the three points.
Full Team:
Petr Cech (Arsenal), Kyle Walker (Tottenham), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), James Tomkins (West Ham), Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), Andre Ayew (Swansea), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Dimitri Payet (West Ham), Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Odion Ighalo (Watford), Harry Kane (Tottenham).
