AFCON: Nigeria Beat Tunisia, Qualify For  Knockout Stage 

The Super Eagles dominated the first half and created multiple chances, with Osimhen heading over the bar twice, and also had a goal chalked off for offside.

The Galatasaray striker eventually gave Nigeria the lead with a downward header from Ademola Lookman’s early cross, sending Nigeria into the break 1-0 ahead.

Lookman then finished off a swift counter attack to make it 3-0 on 67 minutes.

Tunisia mounted a comeback against the tiring Super Eagles, as Montassar Talbi headed home to reduce the deficit on 74 minutes, before a penalty for handball was converted by Ali Abdi on 87 minutes to set up a tense finale.

Nigeria survived the final minutes to seal all three points in the five-goal thriller, and continued their group stage dominance over the Carthage Eagles they have defeated twice, adding to the 4-2 group stage win at AFCON 2000.

Nigeria also became the first country to score three goals against Tunisia at AFCON since Ivory Coast in 2013.

Nigeria, with six points and a perfect start to the tournament, will play Uganda in the final group C match on Tuesday, December 30.