Former Nigeria international Efan Ekoku has hailed Kalidou Koulibaly for his brilliant goal in Senegal’s 2-1 victory over Ecuador on Tuesday.

“The ball beats five or six players, you just have to react. Kalidou [Koulibaly] with the movement of a striker and the finish of a real marksman,” Ekoku told SuperSport TV as quoted by allnigeriasoccer, adding: “He didn’t slash out of the ball, he coolly side-footed it.”

He added: “All I can say is that you’re never more vulnerable than when you just scored. But just as Senegal were culpable in being a little absent-minded defensively, equally so Ecuador.”

Koulibaly’s goal enabled Senegal to reach the knockout stage of the World Cup for the first time in 20 years.