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Monaco are celebrating their caller teenage sensation, George Ilenikhena aft the Nigerian striker scored the decisive extremity successful a 2-1 triumph implicit Barcelona successful the UEFA Champions League.
Ilenikhena's match-winner not lone gave Monaco a celebrated triumph but besides saw him interruption a nine grounds antecedently held by French prima Kylian Mbappe.
Ilenikhena sinks 10-man Barcelona
The Nigerian striker’s pivotal infinitesimal came successful the 71st minute, arsenic Ilenikhena profited from a antiaircraft mistake by Barcelona to people the victor for Monaco.
With the scoreline level astatine 1-1 and Barcelona reduced to 10 men pursuing Eric García's reddish card, Ilenikhena’s crisp instincts proved decisive to springiness Monaco each 3 points successful their Champions League opener.
The lucifer saw Barcelona manager Hansi Flick endure his archetypal decision successful complaint of the Blaugrana aft the Catalan broadside went down to 10 men aboriginal aft García was sent disconnected for a foul connected Takumi Minamino.
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Monaco opened the scoring done Maghnes Akliouche earlier 17-year-old Lamine Yamal equalised for Barcelona, and Ilenikhena popped up with the winning goal.
Ilenikhena smashes Mbappe's grounds
The extremity against Barcelona marked Ilenikhena’s archetypal extremity successful Europe for Monaco and made him the youngest subordinate to people for the nine successful the Champions League astatine conscionable 18 years and 34 days old.
In doing so, Ilenikhena broke the grounds antecedently held by Mbappe, who scored his archetypal extremity for Monaco successful the contention astatine 18 years and 63 days against Manchester City successful 2017.
Monaco wasted nary clip successful celebrating their young talent, taking to societal media to praise Ilenikhena's show and his record-breaking achievement.
The Nigerian teenager’s extremity besides marked his 2nd against Barcelona, having scored successful the contention past play with Royal Antwerp successful different record-breaking victory.
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