Nigerians Abroad : Ighalo Makes Home Debut, Oshoala Bags Hat Trick, Ideye On Target In Aris Draw, Osimhen Provide Assists, Ajayi Wins With West Brom

Nigerians Abroad : Ighalo Makes Home Debut, Oshoala Bags Hat Trick, Ideye On Target In Aris Draw, Osimhen provide assists, Ajayi Wins With West Brom

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Former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo saw ten minutes action after he came on to replace Anthony Martial in Manchester United 3-0 home win over his former club, Watford FC. Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood scored a goal each to earn the Red Devils a deserved win.

In Spain, Asisat Oshoala inspired Barcelona Femeni to a 6-0 win over Livorno as her hat trick and an assist made her name on the lips of every Women League followers. Oshoala has scored 26 goals in all competitions for Barcelona this season. If she continues with her hot form, that could make her one of the contender for European and World Best Player Award.

In Greece, forgotten Nigeria striker Brown Ideye was on the score sheet as his team Aris Thessaloniki came from behind 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Lamia, in the Greek Super League on Saturday.

Daniel Larsson halfed the deficit with a brilliant goal in the 52 minutes before Ideye completed the comeback 3 minutes later with a cool finish in the 55th minutes.

Lamia had taken the lead thanks to a Christos Aravidis double on 24 and 48 minutes respectively.

Ideye’s goal was his seventh in 19 league appearances for Aris Thessaloniki this season.

The win also sees Aris Thessaloniki sits fifth position on 34 points.

In the French Ligue 1, Red hot Victor Osimhen provided an assists in Lille’s 3-1 away win against Toulouse.

Osimhen turned provided when he assisted Renato Sanches for Lille’s 3rd goal in the 72nd minute.

Former Chelsea forward Loic Remy scored a brace in the 2nd and 39th minutes to secure an emphatic win for Lille.

Osimhen’ played his 25th league game and has gotten on the score sheet 13 times.

Lille sits 3rd on 43 points which is a Champions League qualification spot.

Also in the French Ligue 1, Moses Simon helped Nantes end their 6 game winless run of 4 defeats and 2 draw with a big 3-1 win at Marseille.

Simon was in action for the whole duration of the game which was his 24th in the league and has registered five goals.

Nantes are now 10th on the log with 37 points with only four points away from fourth which is Europa League spot.

In Turkey, Kayode Olanrewaju was in action for Gaziantep as Souleymane Diarra helped Gaziantep FK secure a 1-1 draw with Goztepe in Saturday’s Super Lig game.

The Nigeria international, was handed his 19th league appearance of the season but was unable to get on the scoresheet to add to his eight goals this season as it was Diarra who stole the show at Gursel Aksel Stadium.

Kayode was on for 90 minutes of the game along with Ghanaian international Patrick Twumasi and Senegal’s Papy Djilobodji.

With the draw, Gaziantep now sit ninth in the Super Lig table with 31 points from 23 games.

In England, Semi Ajayi was in action as he helped West Bromwich Albion keep a clean sheet in their 3-0 away win at Bristol on Saturday.

Ajayi was paired alongside Egypt's Ahmed Hegazi at the heart of defence as Hal Robson-Kanu's brace and Callum Robinson's goal gave the Baggies the maximum points at Ashton Gate.

It was the Ajayi's 32nd game in the Championship this season, and he recorded two interceptions and one clearance without conceding any foul in the game.

The victory see West Brom' extend their lead at the top of the Championship table with 66 points from 34 matches.