Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo is enjoying another stellar season with Al Hilal in the Saudi Arabia Professional League and the striker has expressed his delight with his goalscoring form, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
“I’m happy. Strikers enjoy goals. Sometimes the goals don’t come, but I work hard and give my best to contribute,” he said.
“It’s a team effort. My target is to help the team win, to help the team keep progressing. Sometimes I score goals, sometimes I don’t, but I’m happy as long as we’re winning. As a striker though, you want to score goals to boost your confidence. I try to get a goal in every game I play. If not, I try to provide an assist. But ultimately, as long as my teams wins, I’m happy.”
Ighalo faces difficult opposition for the top scorer award this season following the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia. He will return to action with Al-Hilal when they take on Al-Raed in their next league fixture scheduled for Tuesday.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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