As Ighalo’s Strike Qualifies Watford For FA Cup 5th round
NIGERIA’S International and Watford’s top scorer, Odion Ighalo, came off the bench to fire the Premier League side into the FA Cup fifth round at the expense of Nottingham Forest.

The striker, who came on in the 72nd minute, grabbed the winner with a minute remaining when he fired in from close range. He now has 10 goals in his last 15 games, and 15 in total this season.

Watford also went close through new signing Nordin Amrabat, whose volley was saved by Dorus de Vries.

In another FA Cup fixture, ex-Golden Eaglet star, Kelechi Iheanacho, scored a hat-trick as Manchester City eased into the fifth round of the FA Cup by thrashing beleaguered Aston Villa.

City went ahead within the first four minutes as the home side failed to clear a corner and Iheanacho swept in a finish from close range.

The visitors doubled their lead from Iheanacho’s cool penalty after Raheem Sterling was brought down in the box.
Iheanacho ran clear for his third goal and Sterling poked in a fourth.

Striker Iheanacho could even have had four but failed to connect with a shot after making a run into the opposition box and Fernandinho’s long-range drive was pushed over by goalkeeper Guzan.

This was potentially a tricky tie for City, against a Villa side who were unbeaten in their last five games in all competitions. But the away side took control by scoring twice within the first 24 minutes.
City’s progress into the fifth round keeps alive their hopes of an unprecedented quadruple as they lie second in the Premier League, in the knockout stages of the Champions League and face Liverpool in the final of the League Cup.

Ahead of the match, boss Manuel Pellegrini played down talk of winning all four trophies this season, but on this form City will take some stopping, even with the likes of Yaya Toure, David Silva and Kevin de Bruyne missing.

And having left Sergio Aguero on the bench, 19-year-old Nigerian Iheanacho stepped up to show his potential with a calmly taken treble and has now scored eight times this debut campaign.

• Culled from BBCSport.com