Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, was quoted by team’s spokesman, Ben Alaiya, as saying that he had to sanction the departure of the player after his father, James Iheanacho, personally put a call to him on Monday afternoon requesting the release of his son for the trip to England
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Elsewhere, AC Milan face Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen meet Paris St-Germain, Schalke face Real Madrid and Zenit St Petersburg will meet last year’s runners-up, Borussia Dortmund
The Etihad outfit has put in motion a process to secure a work permit for Nigerian starlet
Musa, whose goal against Man City was disqualified last week Wednesday, believes they can cancel out the 2-1 deficit and go on to the next stage of the competition
The Spaniard collected the ball on the left and skipped past Martin Demichelis before giving Joe Hart the eyes and smashing an effort off the angle of bar and post from the edge of the box as the Blues went in ahead at the break
A cross-field Rafinha pass found Ribery on the left flank and the Frenchman cut inside onto his right foot and rifled a low 25-yard effort past Joe Hart and into the bottom corner
Sergio Aguero volleyed home an acrobatic goal in the 16th minute, Yaya Toure doubled the lead in the 45th minute and Aguero scored his second goal in the 47th
“I am delighted to accept this hugely exciting opportunity,” said Pellegrini
Winning the FA Cup has already secured the Europa slot for the Lactics and would want to put the icing on this rare achievement to get a result away to Arsenal in their bid to escape relegation
He added: “Every top team, when you can’t win a title, you should try to play well, try to win all the games, and we have the FA Cup semi-final
Manchester City will welcome Leeds, who knocked out Tottenham on Sunday, at the Etihad Stadium, while Liverpool’s conquerors, Oldham, will face another Merseyside club in Everton
Arsenal’s limitations were exposed by an impressive Schalke 04 as they slumped to defeat at Emirates Stadium