Between all of Europe’s top leagues, the English FA Cup and leagues in the Middle East there were numerous goals and assists provided by players representing African national teams over the weekend. Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen continued his hot streak with a finish out of the top drawer in Napoli’s victory over Roma while Super Eagles teammate Ademola Lookman maintained his scoring pace with yet another goal for Atalanta. Kodjo Laba of Togo national team fame is always scoring for Emirati club Al Ain and he had some assistance from fellow African Soufiane Rahimi and Kouame Autonne in the club’s dominating 5-1 victory over Ajman.
Watch all the goals and assists from African players over the weekend below:
English FA Cup
Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) plays the role of substitute hero, scores match winner in Leicester’s win over Walsall
Amadou Mbengue (Senegal) heads in a consolation goal for Reading in defeat to Manchester United
Mohamed Salah (Egypt) sets up Harvey Elliot to put Liverpool into the lead against Brighton
Tariq Lamptey (Ghana) has his shot deflected in off Lewis Dunk to equalize for Brighton against Liverpool
Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia) crosses for Jordan James’s late leveler as Birmingham City draw at Blackburn
Serie A
Another match, another goal following a classy strike for Victor Osimhen (Nigeria) in Napoli’s win
Ademola Lookman (Nigeria) continues his excellent form with Atalanta’s second in win over Sampdoria
Boulaye Dia (Senegal) opens the scoring then assists the second in important road victory for Salernitana
David Okereke (Nigeria) scores his fifth of the season in Cremonese defeat
A corner kick from Hamed Traoré (Ivory Coast) sets up Sassuolo’s third in 5-2 thrashing of AC Milan
PepÃn (Equatorial Guinea) provides a lovely through pass on Monza’s opening goal against Juventus
Ligue 1
Montasser Talbi (Tunisia) heads in the opener in Lorient’s 2-1 victory over Rennes
A fourth goal of the season from Steve Mounié (Benin) doubles Brest’s lead in domination of Angers
Kamory Doumbia (Mali) sets up a dramatic late equalizer for Reims against PSG
Bundesliga
Ihlas Bebou (Togo) makes it two goals in three games for Hoffenheim in 1-4 defeat to Borussia Mönchengladbach
UAE Pro League
Kodjo Laba (Togo) scores twice on assists from Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco) and Kouame Autonne (Ivory Coast) and also assists an Andrey Yarmolenko goal in Al Ain’s 5-1 win over Ajman
Kodjo Laba (Togo) scores twice on assists from Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco) and Kouame Autonne (Ivory Coast) and also assists an Andrey Yarmolenko goal in Al Ain’s 5-1 win over Ajman
Firas Ben Larbi (Tunisia) sets up a Vieljeux Mboungou (Republic of Congo) volley for Ajman’s only goal
Adel Taarabt (Morocco) heads in the only goal in Al Nasr’s victory over Al Dhafra
Fábio Abreu (Angola) heads in his first goal for Khor Fakkan in defeat to Bani Yas
Saudi Pro League
Amir Sayoud (Algeria) receives pass from Knowledge Musona (Zimbabwe) before finishing in Al-Tai’s defeat to Al-Shabab
Mourad Batna (Morocco) wraps up Al-Fateh’s victory over Al Wehda with an excellent finish