Former Super Eagles and Everton FC striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has said he still gets harassed by fans for his infamous miss at the 2010 World Cup against Korea.

Aiyegbeni missed a golden chance when he kicked the ball out of play while standing right in front of an empty net after the Korean goalkeeper and defenders had been beaten.

The match eliminated Nigeria from the 2010 World Cup hosted by South Africa.

“I still get messages from people, different people on that miss,” ‘The Yak’ said on a podcast. “One asked how will I explain this miss to my daughter Kayla. “I was like wow, 13, 14 years ago people still think about that.

“I got another message again that said I was the worst Super Eagles striker.” ‘The Yak’ said this hurts because the fans do not remember that he scored twice in Sudan for Nigeria to qualify for the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.

“We went to Sudan when nobody thought we would qualify for the World Cup because the weather there was crazy, the weather was so hot,” he recalled. “A draw or a loss and we are out.

“I scored two, Julius Aghahowa and ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha also scored for us to win 4-0 and that got us the ticket to the World Cup. “But Nigerians never speak about that and that I played 99.9% of these games to qualify Nigeria to the World Cup and I was still dropped (from going to the World Cup."