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Musa scores brace as Barcelona beat Leicester 4-2

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8 years ago

August 4, 2016

Super Eagles assistant captain and Leicester City record signing, Ahmed Musa, showed the English Premier League champions what to expect in the new season after scoring two goals in their 4-2 loss to Barcelona on Wednesday.

Trailing 3-0 at half-time to a brace from Munir El-Haddadi and a Luis Suarez strike, Leicester looked dead and buried.

The Nigeria international scored one brilliant goal in their friendly against Barcelona in the typical Leicester fashion – with a pacy counter-attack – and another with an emphatically struck shot.

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The 23-year-old became their record signing this summer, and showed his class with the pair of classy finishes against the Blaugrana.

Musa added his and Leicester’s second in the 66th with another fine finish as he rifled high into the net after Schlupp had won possession high up the pitch on the right.

Youngster Rafa Mujica bagged Barcelona’s fourth to prevent a Leicester fightback.

Barca did well to wrestle back control of the match late on and put the game beyond doubt, though, meaning two wins from two in the competition ahead of their meeting with Liverpool on Saturday.

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