Josh Maja bagged a hat-trick as West Bromwich Albion rallied to beat Queens Park Rangers 3-1 at the MATRADE Loftus Road Stadium on Saturday.
Lucas Andersen gave QPR the lead in the 16th minute.
The visitors found the equaliser 10 minutes later.
A flowing passage saw Torbjorn Heggem reach the touchline and send his cross towards Maja, who nodded home the leveller.
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Tom Fellows set up the Nigerian for the second six minutes after the break.
Maja rounded-off a perfect individual performance by securing his hat-trick, acrobatically latching onto a deflected ball for his and the away side’s third on 65 minutes.
The striker was replaced by Devante Cole 14 minutes from time.
His international teammate Semi Ajayi was in action for 90 minutes in the game.
At the Den , former Flying Eagles midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru was in action for 90 minutes in Watford’s 3-2 win at Millwall.
By Adeboye Amosu
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A technically gifted striker who hits the right notes for me. He answered the call to pick Nigeria ahead of England without hesitation at the young age of 21. But injuries and loss of form severely curtailed his Super Eagles career.
With his hat-trick today, I hope the now 25 year old sniper can continue rattling the back of the net as the season progresses to earn Super Eagles call-ups for World Cup qualifiers and perhaps Afcon qualifiers too.
The two headers and one volley goals from Maja today would have delighted many Super Eagles fans – these delighted me and as a huge Maja fan, I will continue to keep tabs of his performances.
On another note, after every Tom, Steve and Harve had been linked to the Super Eagles coaching role, it is now being reported that the process might be put on hold.
It’s a shame.
@deo, you know we’ve got to be patient with these people. Hiring a coach is one of the toughest jobs in the world. The only thing that comes close are NASA scientists trying to plan for a space exploration with rocket science.
We should take it jejely and wayonly with them. Ko easi.
You know, the NFF gave all sort of excuses before reluctantly accepting Finidi’s resignation. They only demoted him. Had he stayed, he would definitely have been in charge for upcoming matches (perhaps that was the plan all along).
Finidi left the NFF in the lurch by wisely resigning to show that the problem is not always the coach, but more how football is being run in our country.
Finidi’s resignation was announced on 15 June – roughly 8 weeks now. Eight weeks for the NFF to announce a replacement. Even the Finidi has swiftly secured another job in that time.
It is truly a sad state of affairs.