Nigerian International, Taye Taiwo, was an unused sub in his club’s Queens Park Rangers’ 1-1 home draw with the visiting Everton in Saturday’s English Premiership game.
In his place, the Hoops manager, Mark Hughes, kept faith with another African defender, Armanda Traore.
The Super Eagles defender, who joined QPR on loan from AC Milan, owing to lack of playing time, now faces another difficult time as he has to do more to convince the manager.
It is recalled that the lanky defender had a below average outing for the national team in Kigali during the 2013 African Nations Cup qualifier against Wasp of Rwanda.
In front of their home crowd at Loftus road arena, QPR were unable to eke out a win against Everton as the struggling west Londoners yet again failed to make the most of home advantage.
The Hoops have now won just two of their 14 Barclays Premier League matches at Loftus Road and teeter dangerously over the drop zone with a tough-looking batch of fixtures remaining.
QPR came into the match on a run of six defeats from their past eight matches and almost got off to the worst possible start, with a Tim Cahill half-volley hitting the crossbar early on.