Super Eagles midfielder, Mikel Agu suffered his second loss of the season with Vitoria de Setubal at home to visiting Benfica late on Saturday night, AOIFootball.com reports.
The 25-year-old started his seventh successive league outing, dominating the midfield in the opening minutes but was however powerless to Jonas’ 17th-minute strike that gave Benfica the lead and all three points.
Agu played the entire 90 minutes and had a good game rating of 6.9, completing 79% of his passes, winning 5 duels and making 3 clearances. He also completed 100% of his dribbles and won all three tackles.
The loss drops Setubal to 8th on the log with 17 points from their opening 12 league matches.