Alex Iwobi surpasses Mikel Obi’s Premier League report with Chelsea after spectacular displaying in Fulham win over Crystal Palace

Alex Iwobi surpasses Mikel Obi’s Premier League report with Chelsea after spectacular displaying in Fulham win over Crystal Palace

Nigerian midfielder Alex Iwobi grew to become the Tremendous Eagles participant with the fourth-highest variety of English Premier League appearances after that includes in Fulham’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace at Craven Cottage, Soccernet.ng reviews.

Iwobi has prominently featured within the Premier League for the final 9 years since he made his debut for Arsenal. He spent 4 seasons on the membership till 2019, when he joined Everton.

The 27-year-old spent 4 seasons at Everton earlier than leaving for Fulham final summer season. And since he joined, he has been a daily for them. This season, Iwobi has made 26 appearances for the Cottagers, and the newest was towards Crystal Palace which ensured that he totalled 250 appearances within the Premier League, surpassing Mikel, who he was tied with on 249.

Iwobi began the sport for Fulham, and he was fairly spectacular in direction of the tip of the primary half. The Nigeria worldwide finally performed the whole recreation. Rodrigo Muniz scored the solitary purpose for the Cottagers, however Jeffrey Schlupp  scored the equalizer.

Iwobi registered 42 touches, a 75% cross accuracy, and two tackles within the recreation.

Together with his feat, Iwobi is simply two video games away from surpassing Yakubu Aiyegbeni, who registered 252 appearances. Nonetheless, Iwobi remains to be 49 video games behind Shola Ameobi, who has the best variety of appearances. In the meantime, you will need to word that Mikel made all his 249 appearances at Chelsea.

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