Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr said he happy with the victory over Liberia, but wasn’t happy with the quality of play.
The Super Eagles were far from their best and needed two penalties to see off the Lone Stars in their FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Morroco on Saturday.
Victor Osimhen and Ahmed Musa scored from the spot to put Nigeria on the brink of booking a World Cup play-off spot.
And speaking during the post-match press conference, Rohr stated that the Lone Stars made things difficult for his team and would have preferred his team to score from open play.
“The game was not easy for us and we knew before that it was going to be difficult like the first match that we played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos. Then, we scored in the first half.
“And then, we were leading 2-0 but it was even more difficult on Saturday despite the good pitch. We tried to play our football with a few touches and going vertically forward.
“But our opponents were well organised and made a big fight, so we also needed to fight very hard to accept the duel in the air and on the ground but I must admit that it was not easy.
“We got two penalties but we were not able to score a goal from open play. If you ask me, though, I think those two penalties were very clear but I would always prefer to score from open play.
“We, however, could not score from open play but I hope that we will go ahead to achieve this when we play against Cape Verde in our final qualifier at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on Tuesday. “He concluded.
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