Ighalo bags brace in Shenhua victory, tops goal chart in China

Super Eagles forward, Odion Ighalo scored twice on Sunday to help his club Shanghai Shenhua secure an important win.

Shenhua bagged a 5-1 victory over Beijing Renhe at the Hongkou Stadium in a Chinese Super League encounter.

Ighalo, who scored the third and fourth goal of the game, has now scored four times in four league appearances for Shenhua.

He currently stands as the joint top scorer of the league along with Eran Zahavi of Guangzhou R&F.

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Giovanni Moreno opened scoring for the hosts 21 minute into the game before Freddy Guarin doubled the lead in the 33rd minute.

Ighalo, who joined the club this season after rejecting a loan offer from Barcelona, compounded their visitors’ woes with a third goal before halftime.

He got his second of the game in the 66th minute to take the scoreline to 4-0.

With 10 minutes left on the clock, Zhang Lu netted Shanghai Shenhua’s fifth before Senegalese forward Makhete Diop scored Beijing Renhe‘s consolation goal on 86 minutes.

Ighalo finished as the second highest goalscorer in the CSL last season with 21 goals for his former club Changchun Yatai.

He also finished as the highest goalscorer at the just-concluded CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with 7 goals.

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