Chidera Ejuke provided the assist for CSKA’s first goal in their 2-0 win at Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League on Monday.
It is Ejuke’s second assist in the Russian top flight this season.
Ejuke set up Baktiyor Zainutdinov for the opening goal scored in the 31st minute.
He was later replaced with seven minutes remaining in the game.
Ilzat Akhmetov then doubled CSKA’s lead in the 63rd minute when he converted from the penalty spot.
CSKA have now won their last three league games and move up to fifth place on 16 points in the league standing.
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EJUKE! EBE-ANO PLAYER! Or should I say EBE-ANESQUE? Or EBE-ANISTIC? 🙂
The Nizhny right back has a story to tell when he gets back home to his family. He was in ONE CHANCE throughout the game. Ejuke terrorized the poor guy so much. Teasing, tantalizing movement. At a point, Nizhny had to deploy 2 guys to assist the right back. They tried to team up against him whenever he had the ball. But they failed to stop Ejuke. He had an assist, and should have had more assists if not for the wastefulness of his colleagues.
He almost scored in the 68th minute, when he received a floated pass into the box, but his left footed effort was saved by the goalie. This is what he needs to work on. Scoring goals. Improvement is needed in the areas of goal scoring and assists.
If he doesn’t score he must assist a goal….. I think he has been impactful this season for CSKA……great player but needs to move away from that league to command the respect he deserves.