Nigeria defeated Sudan 3-1 in their AFCON 2021 encounter at the Stade Roumdé Adjia in Garoua, Cameroon
Super Eagles has won their opening two matches at an Africa Cup of Nations in consecutive tournaments for the very first time and has only lost once in their last 7 group stage matches
Samuel Chukwueze opened the scoring 3 minutes into the game to put the Eagles ahead through an assist from Moses Simon.
At the 45th minute, Awoniyi doubled the lead.
Moses Simon left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left after the restart gave the Eagles their 3rd goal.
Sudan scored a penalty in the 70th minute to reduce the deficit to two goals.
Aina fouled a Sudanese player to warrant VAR to awarded the penalty to Sudan.
