Nigeria Under-17 coach Manu Garba has dismissed Iran's accusation of age-cheating in the 4-1 defeat by the Golden Eaglets at the Fifa Under-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

Three-time champions Nigeria were too hot for Iran at the Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain racking up three goals in the first half en route to a 4-1 win against the Asian side in the Round of 16.

The Iranian coach Ali Doustimehr had after that hot defeat yesterday questioned the ages of some of the players representing the West African country.

Garba on his own part has expressed that he personally feel that the claim is just something that is borne out of frustration at losing to a tactically and technically better side, stressing that all the players passed the MRI test and that another round was even conducted one month before the UAE.

Meanwhile Nigeria had back in August, dropped key players for the tournament after wrist scans showed them to be over the age limit.

As it is now, Nigeria and Ivory Coast are the only African teams to have progressed to the quarter-finals in the UAE.