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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Odion Ighalo scored his first goal for Saudi Arabian club, Al Shabab, during Saturday\u2019s 4-0 win over Al Nassr.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old who joined the club after his loan spell at Manchester United, failed to find the back of the net on his debut against Al Raed.<\/p>\n

However, he stroked the ball past goalkeeper Bradley Jones in the 90th minute, after replacing Fabio Martins.<\/p>\n

Ever Banega and Cristian Guanca (twice) had already put Shabab in control of the game with three goals.<\/p>\n

The result saw the White Lions extend their winning streak to four at the King Saud University Stadium.<\/p>\n

Moroccan forward Abderrazak Hamdallah was presented with a chance to reduce the deficit, but his penalty kick was saved by Zaid Al Bawardi.<\/p>\n

Al Shaba stay top of the Saudi Pro League table with 38 points from 18 outings so far in the 2020-21 campaign, four points clear of closest challengers Al Ahli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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