The Europa League clash between Leicester City and SSC Napoli was a ‘showdown’ brtween three Super Eagles superstars – Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, who hosted their compatriot Victor Osimhen at the King Power on Thursday night.
Osimhen put on a show as he grabbed a brace, Iheanacho with an assist while Ndidi was sent off at the Kingpower as Leicester City and Napoli shared the spoils in their Europa League opener.
The Napoli man – Osimhen scored twice to help Napoli bounce back from 2-0 down to a 2-2 draw at the end of the game.
The Brendan Rodgers side opened scoring in the first half through Ayoze Perez with a fine finish from close range. Patson Daka then doubled the lead but his effort was ruled out by VAR.
Before Harvey Barnes found the back of the net with a crisp strike on his left foot to make it 2-0 for the home side.
The 22-year-old Nigerian then scored a brilliant goal with a sweet lob over Kasper Schmeichel, before doubling his tally of the night with a sublime header to level the scores for Luciano Spalletti side.
Wilfred Ndidi was later sent off late in the game for two yellow cards.
Leicester will be facing Brighton and Hove Albion next in the Premier League on Sunday while Napoli head back to Serie A action away to Udinese on Monday.
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