French Ligue 1 has hailed Nigerian winger, Moses Simon, in glowing terms following his man of the match performance in FC Nantes\u2019 1-0 home win against OGC Nice on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Simon tormented Nice all night at the Stade de la Beaujoire, and netted the backbreaking goal, which was long in coming, against the hard-fighting Patrick Vieira\u2019s men.<\/p>\n
Simon connected home a sublime header off Kader Bamba\u2019s cross in the 84th minute before he was substituted by Samuel Moutoussamy in stoppage time to a thunderous applause from the home fans.<\/p>\n
It was the Nigerian\u2019s second Ligue 1 goal for FC Nantes in seven games since his summer arrival as a loanee from Laliga side, Levante. He has also registered one assist.<\/p>\n
The goal ensured the Christian Gourcuff\u2019s team took the second spot in the Ligue 1 table on 19 points after matchday-9, behind PSG who are on 21 points.<\/p>\n
The French Ligue 1 captured Simon\u2019s top performance in Nantes\u2019 win against Nice on its official website and also acknowledged the Nigerian\u2019s all-round performance for the Canaries since his loan signing in August.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimon was absolutely unstoppable at the Stade de la Beaujoire on Saturday night. The Nigeria winger has endured a difficult couple of years in the European big leagues since his breakout spell at Gent, and arrived at Nantes in the summer looking to rebuild his career,\u201d the Ligue 1 report stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he keeps playing like this, his parent club [UD Levante] might be tempted to recall him to la Liga after all.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimon completed 85 percent of his passes in the final third as well as having a game high four shots at goal, and his refusal to lie down was the difference between Nantes picking up all three points and not.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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