The Super Eagles performance during the first half was rated by many football loving Nigerians as very poor which the English capitalised upon to score two first-half goals courtesy Gary Cahill and Harry Kane.
The performance improved in the second half as Gernot Rohr brought in a total of six new players and despite Alex Iwobi pulling one goal back, the Super Eagles could not get an equalizer.
Nigerians took to , blaming him for a poor shift which led to the goal scored by Kane.
The 25-year-old has however, responded through a message on his official Instagram handle.
Onazi admitted that his performance in the game was below par but he is positive that the heavy criticism which he has suffered will spur him to produce better performances in subsequent games.
The message said, “Saturday’s outing was disappointing from me and I know it was not the best from me due to reasons I could not lay my hands on but it is a process one has to pass through to get better, a lot of critics and lots of blames yes I know but it can only come once in a while.
“Critics can only make me better I can’t run away from it but to learn and get better. Thanks to everyone who came out to support the super eagles preparation for the World Cup is still on to get us in sharp. #supereaglesofnigeria.”
The Super Eagles are camped in Austriaand Onazi will hope to get an opportunity to impress when Nigeria take on the Czech Republic on Wednesday, June 6, their last friendly game before the 2018 FIFA World Cup.