Ahmed Musa scored twice as Nigeria bounced back from their opening defeat to beat Group D rivals Iceland 2-0. Leicester forward Musa opened the scoring early in the second half and fired home another brilliant goal in the 75th minute to put Nigeria ahead. Iceland's Gylfi Sigurdsson missed an 83rd-minute penalty as Nigeria's victory ensured they, Iceland and Argentina can all still qualify for the knockout stage of the World Cup with one game to play.

Iceland begin well
Iceland held Argentina to a 1-1 draw in their opening match and made the better start. Sigurdsson's early free-kick was well saved by Nigeria goalkeeper Francis Uzoho, who then gathered another effort from the Everton midfielder. Nigeria had a much better shape to their side and slowly played themselves into the match. Leicester pair Kelechi Iheanacho and fellow forward Musa, plus defender Kenneth Omeruo all started and the Super Eagles enjoyed plenty of possession. Both sides failed to carve out any further chances before Birkir Bjarnason just failed to latch on to Birkir Saevarsson's excellent diagonal cross in the 37th minute. Iceland finished the first half on top, with Alfred Finnbogason firing wide following a fine cross from Sigurdsson. Nigeria, for all their possession, failed to trouble Iceland's defence and did not have one shot on target as the first half ended goalless.