Saturday, January 7, 2017

Ranieri hail Musa, Ndidi as Leicester beat Everton 1-2‬



By Rasaq Oboirien ‬
Claudio Ranieri has showered praises on Super Eagles duo of Ahmed Musa and Wilfred Ndidi after Leicester City came from behind to best Everton in an Emirates FA Cup game at the Goodison Park, reports NaijaSportsXtra.blogspot.com.
Musa who came in as a second half substitute leveled scores for the Foxes less than three minutes Lukaku put yhe Toffees in front after striker taping the ball in from a yard out after Deulofeu put the ball across the box in the 64rd minute.
The Nigerian scored his brace when he put Leicester ahead with another goal in the 69th after he played a brilliant one-two with Drinkwater on the edge of the box before a sublime finish into the corner.
A delighted Ranieri in his post match chat said: "Very pleased. We played a good match against a big team we lost to at home. I loved our reaction to conceding a goal." 
"Musa was excellent. I've watched him recently and think he is starting to understand English football better."
On his thought on Ndidi who made his Foxes debut less than three days he completed his move to the English Premier League from Belgian side, Genk.
 "Ndidi only trained two days with us, but he showed strong character and personality. A great performance."