UYL Wrap: Liverpool's Adekanye Returns; Chelsea's Uwakwe & Tino Start; Spurs' Eyoma Impresses; GK Oluwayemi Benched

Published: October 24, 2018

Find out how players eligible to represent the Nigerian National Teams fared in the UEFA Youth League on Wednesday, October 24.

At Sportcomplex De Herdgang (Eindhoven), goals from Paris Maghoma and Jaden Brown saw Tottenham Hotspur come from two goals down to gain a point against PSV, who netted in the first half through Piroe and Ihattaren.

England U19 defender Timothy Eyoma started for the London team and impressed over the course of ninety minutes, while teammate, goalkeeper Josh Oluwayemi was a non-playing substitute.

Over to Langtree Park (St Helens, Merseyside), Liverpool came from a goal down to beat Red Star Belgrade 2-1.

Ibadan-born winger Bobby Adekanye recovered from injury to make the Reds starting line-up and was on the pitch for 86 minutes.

On 76 minutes, Joveljić put Red Star Belgrade ahead, Rafael Camacho restored parity with four minutes left, before Rhys Williams scored with a header in the 92nd minute.

Finally, Faustino Anjorin and Tariq Uwakwe start for Chelsea against Molde at Molde kunstgress. The two-time champions thrashed their Scandinavian opponents 10-1 three weeks ago.

Igho Kingsley

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