It has been a wonderful Saturday in entrance of purpose for a number of Nigerian stars in Europe and Soccernet.ng brings among the eye-catching highlights.
In Germany, Victor Boniface delivered a man-of-the-match efficiency to return Bayer Leverkusen to profitable methods with a 4-1 win at Hoffenheim.
Boniface assisted the sport’s opening purpose and added two good finishes to cap a wonderful afternoon for Xabi Alonso’s males within the Bundesliga.
Over to Spain the place Reward Monday and Rinsola Babajide made it the Nigerian present as they contributed three targets in UD Tenerife’s 4-1 win in opposition to Sevilla.
Monday scored two targets and claimed an help but it surely was Babajide’s long-range strike which was the height of the bunch as Tenerife secured their first win of the season.
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Wilfred Ndidi confirmed he could be a inventive genius additional up the sphere as he equipped the 2 assists that gave Leicester Metropolis a wholesome lead at Crystal Palace.
It was the primary time Ndidi would bag a brace of assists in a single Premier League recreation whereas his newest haul lifts him previous the legendary Austin Okocha on Nigeria’s help desk.
Right here is Ndidi’s second help to arrange Mavdidi.
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Nonetheless, Crystal Palace fought again brilliantly to earn a 2-2 draw.
Down within the Championship, Watford have been dealing with imminent defeat at house to Coventry Metropolis after Ellis Simms gave the guests a 4th-minute lead.
Nonetheless, Tom Dele-Bashiru popped up within the Coventry hazard space simply previous the hour mark to side-foot Watford’s equaliser for a 1-1 draw.
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In Belgium, Nigeria’s Yira Sor delivered an impressive efficiency to guide Genk to an exciting 3-2 win at Cercle Brugge.
Sor scored the opening purpose and assisted the opposite two, together with Tolu Arokodare’s game-winner.