Fans have reacted on social media after a fantastic Back pass from left back Ola Aina set up Odion Ighalo for Nigeria's opening goal at the 2019 AFCON against Burundi, MySportDab reports.

Gernot Rohr's side, who are 89 places above Burundi in FIFA's world rankings, struggled for long periods intheir Group B opener at the Alexandria Stadium but sealed all three points in the 77th minute.

Odion Ighalo, introduced for Paul Onuachu just four minutes earlier, latched onto Ola Aina's wonderful back-heeled pass and coolly whipped the ball past Jonathan Nahimana.

Nigeria will hope to put in a vastly improved performance against Guinea on Wednesday, while Burundi face Madagascar a day later.

Fans on social media wrote;

"See as Ola Aina give backheel pass assist to Former Watford sabi boy Ighalo and him pop am."

Another wrote: "Dear Ighalo, All the sins you committed at the World Cup are now forgiven. Signed Nigerians."

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Keep hyping nonsense. Common 1:0 for the "Giant of Africa "

Ighalo go still fall una hand

Tough match

Intial gragra

Very soon we will start the usual permutations b4 we can qualify again... Super eaglet and gragra nah like bread and butter

I hope Nigerians has finally forgiven Ighalo tonight for the Nigeria vs Argentina World cup 2018 miss

Ighalo turns up today but we know how e go end finally... ola Aina try

That chukwueze Guy is the bomb

Ordinary Burundi una they feel like this

Nice game,
Oh I didn't watch though

. This Norway vs Australia is even sweeter than Nigeria vs Burundi..
Wat a match!

Na Burundi we struggle to beat what if na Ivory coast we play nko
Anyway sha I see Super Eagles in the final

Good game even though there is need for great improvement, Burundi has nothing to lose so they came out and had a decent game.

Ighalo let the goal scoring be permanent ooo and not initial gra gra.

Aina pass was one in a million. The coach should not make the mistake of starting Onoachi in our next match against Guinea

I haven't seen anything better in a Nigerian shirt in the last 15years

He may never get a better assist than this throughout his career...pass is nothing but bliss

I don't want to see that onuachu guy again, the guy reminds me of sanogo

I hear that the Mikel that played today is a clone from China

SultanOfAbia:
Ordinary Burundi una they feel like this

Nothing is ordinary again in football tournaments...this same Burundi, knocked out Aubumeyangs Gabon

Lamasta:
Na Burundi we struggle to beat what if na Ivory coast we play nko
Anyway shall I see Super Eagles in the final

This is the best Super Eagle's display against any side since they played vs Cot d Ivoire in 2013. If that game ended in a goaless draw, only a blind man who is a hater will discredit the boys. They won and you say?

Burundi boys were a very cohesive unit, very quick and super fit, it was clear for all to see. Their display deserve 3pts or worse case 1pt. They didn't put their foot wrong. Not more than 2 teams in the entire continent will be able to defeat Burundi if they played the way they did against Nigeria.

Then Rohr, he displayed his tactical nous by replacing Mikel and reverting to a 4-4-2 formation. The introduction of Musa injected new blood, while playing Iwobi in the hole between the no 9 and Ndidi/Etebo, those were simply genius tactical twicking...

Our boys were superlative. They played with so much hunger

youngest85:
Ighalo go still fall una hand

do you mean the same ighalo that single handedly killed Libya during the qualifications I doubt it

Stewpid OP don't know the difference between back heel pass and back pass

that tall lakwomi striker no follow at all.. was he recruited from herdsmen FC?

Beverlyjean:


Nothing is ordinary again in football tournaments...this same Burundi, knocked out Aubumeyangs Gabon

help me tell the guy wey dey yarn nonsense

That match was tense but the super eagles always had the winning mentality.

Many small teams a playing a surprise game against big teams, Zimbabwe heroic displays against Egypt,Uganda perfect performance against Congo,Burundi fine display against Nigeria, and now it's naby keita's Guinea 1 - 2 Madagascar, wonders shall never end,what concern me is that Rohr should bench mikel and always introduce him into the game when we have already won the game,and when all the players has already got tired,mikel should never be a starter for eagle anymore, akpeyi should never start for eagle again

lol,, nairaland op these days are way below average

This our Super Eagle abi Super Fowl
Na this leg Nama ho take go Umuahia

Media Abuse.


Ighalo score goal, yoruba leave Ighalo dey hail Aina backheel.


Nigeria media is lost in their hands.