Nigerian Striker Rasheed Ibrahim Akanbi featured for his club FC Sheriff Tiraspol who were beaten in UEFA Europa League Matchday five fixture 3-0 against Manchester United on Thursday night.
The 23-year-old forward who has four goals in 10 appearances for the Moldova Champions and also the scorer of their first europa league goal when he scored in their matchday one away victory against Omonia Nicosia, played 79 minutes before been substituted as his team failed to register a short on target at Old Trafford.
Rasheed wile having a frustrating match was also yellow carded after an elbow on Brazilian International midfielder Casemiro.
After a frustrating first 43rd minutes, English Premier League side Manchester United broke the deadlock after a first time header from Portuguese International Diego Dalot.
Marcus Rashford then came off from the bench to further extend the lead of the host as football great Christiano Ronaldo scored his 111 goals using his left foot in the club football just nine minutes before full-time to extend Sheriff Tiraspol’s four game losing run in group E.
Sheriff Tiraspol occupies the conference league spot in the group with the Current Moldova Champions needing a point in their last Europa League match against Omonia Nicosia to qualify for the conference league.
