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Ighalo scores 10th goal, lifts Watford past Sunderland
Nifemi Daniel
Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, continued his scoring expoilts on Saturday by scoring his 10th goal of the season which earned Watford a 1-0 victory against Sunderland in the English Premier League.
The Nigerian striker converted a fourth-minute cross from Allan Nyom at the Stadium of Light and Quique Sanchez Flores’s men withheld late pressure to register a third consecutive Premier League win for the first time.
Ighalo has been a key figure in Watford’s fine adaptation to life in the top flight and he took less than four minutes to make his mark on a soggy afternoon in northeast England.
Watford right-back Nyom sent a ball into the box from the right and Ighalo threw himself in front of Sebastian Coates at the near post to toe the ball past goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon.
He came close to claiming a second shortly after, skinning John O’Shea but seeing his shot blocked on the line by a sliding defender, with Jose Manuel Jurado firing the rebound against the post.
While Watford climb three places to seventh, within touching distance of the European places, Sam Allardyce’s Sunderland remain a point from safety in the relegation zone.
Both teams will now brace themselves for daunting festive fixtures, with Watford and Sunderland scheduled to face Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool, while Watford must also contend with Tottenham Hotspur.
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