Nigerian Zaidu delivers Porto's 30th League title

 Nigerian left-back Zaidu Sanusi clinched victory for Portuguese side Porto with a 1-0 victory away at their arch-rivals Benfica on Saturday.

Zaidu struck on a counter-attack minutes into stoppage time to put Porto nine points ahead with one round of games to play.

The result marked Porto's 30th Portuguese league title. 

Last year's champions Sporting Lisbon will finish second wih Benfica taking third place.

"The title has a huge importance for us, especially winning it against Benfica who are our biggest rival. And it is really special to be celebrating here once again after a couple of years. It is just excellent", said Porto FC supporter, Fernando Ribal.

Before their first league defeat this season, at Braga two weeks ago, Porto, under coach Sergio Conceição, set a new Portuguese league unbeaten record of 58 games.

left-back Zaidu Sanusi scored a late goal in the dying embers of the game as FC Porto clinched their 30th Portuguese league title. The 24-year-old defender galloped forward in a counter-attack for FC Porto before slotting the ball at the back of the net as Porto pipped fierce rivals Benfica to the Portuguese top-flight. Benfica hosted their archrivals, FC Porto, at the Estadio da Luz in a title-deciding fixture on Saturday afternoon as both teams had their eyes on the prize.

Both sides found it difficult to breach each other's defence in a keenly-contested first half which was interlaced with high-flying tackles to underline the tension and passion involved in the game.

Red-hot striker Darwin Nunez's 7th-minute strike was ruled out for offside as the first stanza of the game ended goalless. Porto began the second half on the front foot however their effort could not nestle at the back of the net. But the Dragons left the best for last when Porto thwarted a Benfica attack and hit on a quick break. In a 2 v 1 situation, Pepe made a brilliant run from his half, with support from Sanusi, who, with his blistering pace, pushed forward to support his Brazilian teammate.

The latter of the two did the damage when he connected beautifully from Pepe's pass to secure a 1-0 victory for Porto and most importantly secure the title for the two-time European champions.