Ighalo Motivated to Retain Golden Boot Award

Following his brace for Al Hilal against Al-Khaleej on Saturday, Odion Ighalo has now been directly involved in more goals than any other player in the Saudi Pro League this season.

The forward, on Saturday struck twice in the first half at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium to earn his side three points.

Ighalo, 33, was on the pitch for 86 minutes and he converted 2 chances from his 4 attempts.

The former Manchester United forward now has 14 goals and 2 assists in 14 games for the Asian Champions.

Last season, he won the golden shoe award with 24 goals as Al–Hilal clinched their 18th Saudi Arabia Pro League.

Ighalo is second on the scorer’s chart this season, one goal behind Morocco’s Abderrazak Hamdallah who plays Al-Ittihad.

Cristiano Ronaldo is sixth on the log with nine goals from eight matches, although fans however claim Odion Ighalo will also score more goals than the five time Ballon d’or winner in the Saudi Arabian League.