Africans in European football were all over the score sheets during the weekend in European football, especially in the Belgian Pro League. Union St. Gilloise teammates Simon Adingra and Victor Boniface were among the contributors with the Ivorian attacker Adingra benefiting from a Boniface assist before returning the favor to the Nigerian in a dominant 6-1 victory for the UEFA Europa League participants. Togo national team striker Kevin Denkey was in fine form as well for Cercle Brugge with a hat-trick for his team to boost his season goal total to five.
Below are goals from leagues all across Europe starting of course with Mohamed Salah’s winner for Liverpool as they ended Manchester City’s 21-match unbeaten run in England’s top division:
English Premier League
Mohamed Salah (Egypt) scores for Liverpool as they end Manchester City’s 21-match unbeaten run in the Premier League
Saïd Benrahma (Algeria) sets up Declan Rice’s brilliant leveler in a draw for West Ham against Southampton
A low cross from Frank Onyeka (Nigeria) sets up Ivan Toney’s clever flick in Brentford’s victory over Brighton
Serie A
Ademola Lookman (Nigeria) makes it three consecutive Serie A games with a tidy finish in Atalanta’s win
Cyriel Dessers (Nigeria) taps in for an early Cremonese goal before M’Bala Nzola (Angola) levels soon after for Spezia
Musa Barrow (Gambia) levels for Bologna but Victor Osimhen (Nigeria) responds to put Napoli back into the lead for good
La Liga
El Bilal Touré scores in his second straight match for AlmerÃa against Real Betis
Ligue 1
Moses Simon (Nigeria) converts from the penalty spot before Ignatius Ganago (Cameroon) and Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) increase FC Nantes’ lead in win over Brest
Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria) curls a brilliant free kick in for Angers against Toulouse
Andy Delort (Algeria) puts Nice in the lead before Nuno da Costa (Cape Verde) levels for Auxerre
Belgian Pro League
Kevin Denkey (Togo) scores a hat-trick in Cercle Brugge’s 5-1 victory over Eupen
Victor Boniface (Nigeria) sets up Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast) and then Adingra returns the favor in Union St. Gilloise victory
Paul Onuachu (Nigeria) makes it four goals in his last three games in Genk’s 1-0 win over OH Leuven
Modou Tambedou (Senegal) scores his first professional goal to spark Zulte-Waregem to comeback derby victory over KV Kortrijk
Morgan Poaty (Republic of Congo) assists the opener and Marius Mouandilmadji (Chad) scores Seraing’s second in draw against Westerlo
Nene Dorgeles (Mali) scores his third goal of the season to put Westerlo ahead against Seraing
Frank Boya (Cameroon) scores what turns out to be the match winner for St. Truiden against Charleroi
Eredivisie
Mohammed Kudus (Ghana) wraps up Ajax’s thrashing of Excelsior
Ahmed El Messaoudi (Morocco) equalizes for FC Emmen against FC Volendam
Excellent work from Calvin Bassey (Nigeria) sets up a Steven Berghuis goal for Ajax’s second against Excelsior
Danish Superliga
Lubambo Musonda (Zambia) volleys in his third goal of the season for Horsens against FC Midtjylland