IGHALO SETS RECORD AT WATFORD

Odion Ighalo has torn to pieces a standing record at Watford Football Club. This feat was attained on Saturday December 26 in a match-up between his club Watford FC and Chelsea Football Club. Ighalo provided one of the goals in a pulsating 2-2 draw between both clubs.

       By Samuel Ogbemudia Enobakhare
        
The latest goal in the Nigerian's collection of goals for Watford meant he had scored in five consecutive games in the English premier league playing for Watford FC. By scoring this goal, he shattered an earlier standing record set by Troy Deeny. Scoring his fifth in succession made him the first ever Hornets’ player to score in five consecutive EPL games.


Ighalo was not closed down as he dribbled into the box and his left-footed strike deflected off Cahill, wrong-footing Courtois and sneaking inside the near post.

“We fought to the end. We knew we would get something from the game if we kept on like that,” he said after the game.

His double against Liverpool last week saw him equal Deeney’s record few days after becoming the Hornets’ highest goal scorer ever in the English Premier League.

The 26-year-old now boasts of 13 goals in 18 appearances for his side this season and has also added in as a plus two assists.

He boasts of an impressive record of 115.5 minutes per goal in the English top-flight this term.

Watford is seventh on the log with 29 points from 18 games and will host Tottenham Hotspur on Monday.

If you ask me, Odion is not doing his prospect of being one of the most successful Nigerian blokes plying their trade abroad any harm.

And guess what ladies, Odion is happily married. He's been in the love-boat for six years. I know it crossed your minds, but sorry he's off the market.