Nigerian Exports: Super Eagles Stars Onazi,Arokoyo,Ideye&Balogun Find The Net; Shehu Red Carded; Abdullahi,Boniface & Okoye On Target

Nigerian Exports: Super Eagles Stars Onazi,Arokoyo,Ideye&Balogun Find The Net; Shehu Red Carded; Abdullahi,Boniface & Okoye On Target

Catch up on the progress of players of Nigerian descent in the European Leagues on Sunday.<br /><br />In the English Premier League, Liverpool saw off AFC Bournemouth 2-1 at the Vitality Stadium, with <b>Sheyi Ojo </b>and <b>Jordon Ibe</b> making the starting line-up of The Reds. <br /><br />Ibe was credited with a helper in the second minute of first -half stoppage time, when he set up Daniel&nbsp; Sturridge. Ojo went the full ninety minutes for the first time in the Premier League, while the number 33 came off in the 78th minute.<br /><br />Over to the King Power Stadium, <b>Emmanuel Emenike</b> and <b>Angelo Ogbonna</b> played the entirety of West Ham&rsquo;s 2-2 draw with Leicester City. <b>Victor Moses</b> was in action for 72 minutes.<br /><br />100 miles away from the King Power Stadium, Arsenal played out a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace in a London derby. Togo international <b>Emmanuel Adebayor</b> hopped off the bench for the Eagles in the 64th minute and teed up Bolasie for theequalizer.<br /><br />Super Eagles starlet <b>Alex Iwobi</b> subbed out in the 75th minute in his fourth start for the Gunners in the EPL.<br /><br />Roma&rsquo;s teenage star <b>Sadiq Umar </b>was an unused substitute in the capital team&rsquo;s 3-3 draw with Atalanta in the Italian Serie A.<br /><br />Super Eagles midfielder <b>Eddy Onazi </b>notched his first goal of the season as Roma beat Empoli 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome. He played the full game.<br /><br />In Spain, <b>Ikechukwu Uche</b> did not make Malaga&rsquo;s squad at home to Athletic Bilbao . 1-0 it ended in favour of the visitors.<br /><br />Still in La Liga, <b>Isaac Success</b> was not involved as Granada suffered a 3-0 loss at the hands of Atletico Madrid.<br /><br />Elsewhere, <b>Leon Balogun</b> worked a ninety-minute shift in defense as Mainz surrendered a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 at home to Cologne in the German Bundesliga. The Nigeria defender found the net in the 49th minute. <br /><br />Former Belgium youth international <b>Funsho Ojo</b>(Willem II) and right-back <b>Tyronne Ebuehi</b>(ADO Den Haag) started and played the full ninety minutes at the Koning Willem II Stadion. The visitors won 2-0.<br /><br />Super Eagles hopeful <b>Kenneth Otigba</b> played the entirety of SC Heerenveen&rsquo;s 1-1 draw with Excelsior at Stadion Woudestein in the Dutch Eredivisie.<br /><br />Across the border in Belgium, Italy national-teamer <b>Stefano Okaka Chuka</b> worked another ninety-minute shift in attack as Anderlecht narrowly beat Club Brugge 1-0 in the Jupiler League playoffs. Teammate <b>Imoh Ezekiel </b>was missing on account of injury.<br /> <div class=\"ply tright\" title=\"Anderlecht\"><br />In the Portuguese top-flight, Super Eagle <b>Abdullahi Shehu </b>took the walk of shame in the 61st minute of Uniao da Madeira&rsquo;s 4-3 loss to Pacos de Ferreira. <br /><br />Over to the Danish Superliga, <b>Izunna Uzochukwu</b> started and played 50 minutes of OB Odense&rsquo;s 5-1 rout of Viborg. The midfielder was yellow-carded two minutes before the intermission.<br /><br /></div> Still in Scandinavia, <span class=\"name\"><b>Suleiman Abdullahi </b>scored the game-winner in Viking</span>&rsquo;s 2-1 win over Aalesund. He started the game along with <b>Samuel Adegbenro</b> apparently in attack, but the later was replaced seven minutes from time, having picked up a yellow card in the fourth minute.<br /><br />On the other hand, new signing <b>Usman Sale </b>did not come off the bench for Viking, who now occupy fourth place in the Tippeligaen.<br /><br />In the Swedish Allsvenskan,<b> Dickson Etuhu</b> was not involved in AIK&rsquo;s 4-1 loss to IFK Norrkoeping.<br /><br /><b>Olarenwaju Kayode</b> hopped off the bench in the 57th minute of Austria Vienna<span class=\"name\"></span>&rsquo;s1-0 loss to Rapid Vienna. The former Flying Eagles star has 11 goals (6 assists) to his name from 29 matches in the Austrian Bundesliga. <br /><br /><b>Manuel Akanji</b> is still recovering from an ailment and was not involved for Basel in their 7-0 rout of St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League.<br /><br /><b>Abdul Ajagun</b> assisted Levadiakos thrash AEK Athens 3-0, lasting the distance at Levadia Municipal Stadium. <span><b>Macauley Chrisantus</b> was missing from the capital team</span><span>&rsquo;s 18-man squad for the Greek Super League tie.<br /><br /><b>Brown Ideye </b>added more gloss to the scoreline in the 84th minute as champions Olympiakos thrashed </span><span>AEL Kalloni FC 5-0. He played the full game.<br /><br />In the Turkish Super Lig, out-of-favour Nigeria international <b>Gbenga Arokoyo</b> opened his account for </span><span>Gaziantepspor in their 4-1 loss to </span>Istanbul Basaksehir <span>. He went the full ninety minutes while teammate<b> John Chibuike</b> entered the fray in the 84th minute.<br /><br />Super Eagles defender <b>Kenneth Omeruo</b> started and played 86 minutes of </span>Kasimpas<span></span><span>&rsquo;s 2-1 loss at home to Kayserispor. Former Everton hero <b>Yakubu Aiyegbeni</b> was not on parade for the away team.<br /><b><br />Matthew Boniface</b> scored on the dot of 45 minutes as </span>Aris Limassol thrashed Ermis Aradippou 3-0 in the Cypriot First Division. <b>Emmanuel Okoye</b> netted a consolation in the 87th minute of Pafos FC<span></span><span></span><span>&rsquo;s 3-1 defeat to </span>Doxa Katokopia.<br /><br />In the Czech Republic, <b>Kehinde Fatai</b> played the last 16 minutes of Sparta Prague<span></span><span></span><span>&rsquo;s 2-2 draw with</span> Bohemians 1905.<br /><br />Finally, in the Russian Premier League, <b>Sylvester Igboun </b>was in action for 90 minutes as FC Ufa beat Anzhi 2-0.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel<br /><span></span> <span></span> <span> </span>
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