The Super Eagles’ duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi are on the verge of being relegated from the Premier League with Leicester City.
The Foxes’ relegation fears deepened as Curtis Jones scored twice in Liverpool’s convincing 3-0 win at the King Power Stadium on Monday.
Jones struck twice inside four minutes (33, 36) as Jurgen Klopp’s side wrestled control of the contest and Leicester threatened another first-half collapse, seven days on from their 5-3 defeat at Fulham.
Trent Alexander-Arnold was teed up by Mohamed Salah at a free-kick on the edge of Leicester’s penalty area for a brilliant third (71).
With a hat-trick of assists for the first time in his Premier League career, Salah ought to have added a fourth as he bent a shot wide with only Daniel Iversen standing in his way.
Leicester reportedly cancelled their end-of-season awards night this week in acknowledgement of the severity of their situation. It is now one win in 14 games for the Foxes, who remain marooned in the relegation zone, two points adrift of safety.
