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Super Eagles midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi, scored his first goal of the season for Lazio in the 3-2 win in the Europa League against Saint-Etienne and he dedicated the goal to Nigeria.

Lazio came from a goal behind to beat nine-man St. Etienne 3-2 in a thrilling encounter at the Stadio Olimpico in Europa League Group G.

The French side went ahead after just six minutes courtesy of a scrappy set-piece goal from Moustapha Sall.

But Lazio fought back through goals from Onazi, Wesley Hoedt and Lucas Biglia – after St. Etienne striker Robert Beric was sent off after 32 minutes for an elbow on Mauricio.

And the Nigerian international wrote on Twitter afterwards.

3 points in the bag with one goal for my beloved #NigeriaAt55.
Thanks to our fans!#ForzaLazio #ASuperEagle pic.twitter.com/eJsvIH6zvS

— Onazi Ogenyi Eddy (@OnaziOgenyi) October 1, 2015

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Onazi was shown a yellow card in the 25th minute and was replaced in the 74th minute by Danilo Cataldi.

‎Lazio are now tied on four points with Dnipro but with a superior goal difference to the Ukrainian side who defeated Rosenburg 1-0 in the other group game.

ALL THE RESULTS

Group A

Celtic 2 – 2 Fenerbahce

Molde 1 – 1 Ajax

Group B

Liverpool 1 – 1 Sion

Rubin Kazan 0 – 0 Bordeaux

Group C

FC Krasnodar 2 – 1 FK Qabala

PAOK Thessaloniki FC 1 – 1 Borussia Dortmund

Group D

Club Brugge 1 – 3 FC Midtjylland

Legia Warszawa 0 – 2 SSC Napoli

Group E

Dinamo Minsk 0 – 1 Rapid Wien

Villarreal 1 – 0 Viktoria Plzen

Group F

Braga 1 – 0 FC Groningen

Marseille 0 – 1 Liberec

Group G

Lazio 3 – 2 Saint-Etienne

Rosenborg 0 – 1 Dnipro

Group H

Besiktas 1 – 1 Sporting CP

Lokomotiv Moscow 2 – 0 Skenderbeu

Group I

Basel 2 – 0 Lech Poznan

Belenenses 0 – 4 Fiorentina

Group J

Monaco 1 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur

Qarabag FK 1 – 0 Anderlecht

Group K

Schalke 04 4 – 0 Asteras Tripolis

Sparta Prague 2 – 0 APOEL Nicosia

Group L

AZ Alkmaar 2 – 1 Athletic Bilbao

Augsburg 1 – 3 Partizan Beograd