{"id":32044,"date":"2020-11-05T16:50:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T16:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=32044"},"modified":"2020-11-05T16:50:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T16:50:06","slug":"ucl-wrap-dennis-features-man-utds-ighalo-rennes-ugochukwu-club-brugges-okereke-benched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ucl-wrap-dennis-features-man-utds-ighalo-rennes-ugochukwu-club-brugges-okereke-benched","title":{"rendered":"UCL Wrap : Dennis Features; Man Utd&#8217;s Ighalo, Rennes&#8217; Ugochukwu, Club Brugge&#8217;s Okereke Benched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria-eligible players who were on parade for their respective clubs on matchday three in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, November 4.<\/p>\n<p>Former Nigeria international Odion Ighalo is still waiting for his debut in the competition; he was a non-playing substitute for the third straight game as Manchester United suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Turkish champions Istanbul Basaksehir at the Ba\u015fak\u015fehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Demba Ba and Vi\u0161\u0107a earned the Turkish side their first win in the Champions League, while Anthony Martial headed home just before half time to half the deficit.<\/p>\n<p>In Group F, Club Brugge suffered a setback in their bid to qualify for the last sixteen following a heavy 3-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund at Jan Breydel Stadion.<\/p>\n<p>Super Eagles striker Emmanuel Dennis started and was in action for 85 minutes while his teammate David Okereke watched proceedings from the bench.<\/p>\n<p>The German side were in control of the game at the interval as a brace from Erling Braut Haaland and Thorgan Hazard&#8217;s effort put them 3-0 up.<\/p>\n<p>At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea beat Rennes 3-0 but the headlines will be about two controversial penalties scored by Timo Werner in the first half, particularly the second one.<\/p>\n<p>French-Nigerian midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu was a non-playing substitute for the Ligue 1 club.<\/p>\n<p>Tammy Abraham got in on the act early in the second half as Frank Lampard&#8217;s team secured a comfortable win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Nigeria-eligible players who were on parade for their respective clubs on matchday three in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, November 4. 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