African players were key contributors throughout the weekend in European football, particularly in the English Premier League and in the opening weekend of Italy’s Serie A. However it was a late charge from Queens Park Rangers that led to Morocco’s Ilyas Chair and Senegalese goalkeeper Seny Dieng stealing the show with Dieng coming forward to head in following a corner kick. Watch all the goals and assists contributed by African players from the top-4 leagues in Europe as well as the EFL Championship below:
English Premier League
Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal) scores his first Premier League goal in spectacular fashion for Chelsea
Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast) with an excellent finish to put Crystal Palace ahead of Liverpool
Joe Aribo (Nigeria) comes on as a substitute and scores to help Southampton salvage a draw at home
Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon) compounds Manchester United’s misery by scoring Brentford’s fourth goal
Nottingham Forest earn their first win in return to the top flight courtesy of Taiwo Awoniyi (Nigeria) goal
EFL Championship
Ilyas Chair (Morocco) begins QPR’s comeback against Sunderland before goalkeeper Seny Dieng (Senegal) dramatically equalizes
Olivier Ntcham (Cameroon) wins it late on for Swansea
Benik Afobe (DR Congo) assists George Saville’s late winner for Millwall
La Liga
Nicolas Jackson (Senegal) scores his first La Liga goal for Villarreal
Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria) assists Alex Baena for Villarreal’s second goal
Serie A
Victor Osimhen (Nigeria) provides a goal and assist in dominant Napoli victory
Ademola Lookman (Nigeria) finishes off Atalanta’s victory over Sampdoria
A debut Serie A goal for Assan Ceesay (Gambia) levels Lecce’s match again Inter Milan
Spezia’s M’Bala Nzola (Angola) scores to give his team a win over Empoli
David Okereke (Nigeria) scores Cremonese’s first Serie A goal in over 25 years
Adam Masina (Morocco) scores for Udinese in their defeat to AC Milan