Maikaba, who spoke after the goalless draw in the match, said the point gained was worth more than 100 points.
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The flimsy defeat on Tyneside last May wrecked Arsenal’s chances of finishing in the top four of the English Premier League.
Martin Odegaard’s stunner and Fabian Schar’s own goal settled a bad-tempered affair in the North East.
The 24-year-old scored the all-important equaliser away at Udinese on Thursday night which sealed the club’s first Serie A title since the days of Diego Maradona 33 years ago.
“I had the confidence,” said the Napoli hitman, who is also an important part of Nigeria’s Super Eagles.
A howler from Man United goalkeeper David de Gea saw the Hammers to secure all three points, with the Spaniard allowing a tame strike from Said Benrahma to squirm into the back of the net.
A contingent of 20 players and 10 officials departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Saturday night aboard a Turkish Airline flight and travelled through Istanbul before heading to the “land of the Pampas”.
“These boys have now picked up the confidence they needed following the defeat by Morocco and they are now looking forward to going all the way here,” Ugbade said on Sunday following the Golden Eaglets’ 3-2 win over South Africa in their last match of Group B in Constantine on Saturday.
The big clash will be live on SuperSport Select 1 (GOtv ch. 63) at 5 pm.
Five-time world champions Nigeria pipped Zambia 1-0 in their opening match, but then lost by the same margin to Morocco in their second game.
Rodrygo scored the opener early with a close-range strike after brilliant individual play by Vinicius.
The game, played at Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, saw the top African player losing 1-4 (8-11 13-15 7-11 11-9 7-11).
The win kept the Reds in the hunt for UEFA Champions League football next season.
The former English Premier League champions snapped a nine-match winless run in all competitions with a 3-1 victory at Bournemouth on Saturday.
This was after the Norwegian striker ignored his manager’s instructions to take a penalty kick and handed the ball to teammate Ilkay Gundogan.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Saturday at the Governor’s Office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta.
The Citizens skipper had seemingly put the game to bed with a first-half brace, but Rodrigo gave the Whites a slice of hope late on in Sam Allardyce’s debut game, making the champions’ win far nervier than it should have been.
Conor Gallagher had given the visitors an early lead, but Matias Vina’s excellent strike meant the game was level for much of the afternoon.
He was reported to be in good health when his wife left for work and kids left for school only for them to return and see that the food served to him on the table was not touched and he was dead, TheNiche reported.
Jurgen Klopp’s side eked out a 1-0 win over Fulham in midweek, while the Bees won in similarly nervy circumstances against Nottingham Forest last weekend, coming from behind to prevail 2-1.