Olorunleke Ojo was the hero for Akwa United in the penalty shootout against Al-Ittihad, while Ikechukwu Ezenwa made his Enyimba debut against Energie FC in the second-leg first round qualifier of the CAF Confederation Cup on Sunday.
Plateau United won the battle on Saturday, but lost the war against Etoile du Sahel after they failed to overturn the first leg deficit suffered in their CAF Champions League first-round match.
NPFL champions, Plateau United has been knocked out of the CAF Champions League despite a lone goal victory of Etoile Du Sahel in Kano this afternoon.
48 hours before game day, Mikel Obi predicted a tough game for Tianjin Teda when they host Tianjin Quanjian and the fans certainly got their money’s worth at the end of 90 minutes.
Odion Ighalo has sent a cheerful response to Super Eagles technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, after he netted his first goal of the season for Changchun Yatai in the three-week old season.
The Super Eagles will commence preparation for the friendly against Poland in Wroclaw on Monday according to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Liverpool FC sold Brazilian play maker, Coutinho to Barcelona in January for £142m but summer signing, Mo Salah have proven to be more incredible.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have not missed the Brazilian playmaker in anyway since he joined the Catalan giants.
If anything, Egyptian winger, Salah seems to have gone from strength to strength in his absence posing a timely threat to all defenders in the EPL.
The Egypt international scored four goals yesterday as Liverpool demolished Watford 5-0 in a rescheduled League match.
And the winger’s performance had former Arsenal defender Keown wheeling out the superlatives.
Salah’s 28 goals has now made him the leading goalscorer in Europe’s top Leagues followed by Lionel Messi.
European Golden Boot standings
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool): 56 points (28 goals)
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona): 48 points (24 goals)
- Harry Kane (Tottenham): 48 points (24 goals)
- Edinson Cavani (PSG): 48 points (24 goals)
- Immobile (Lazio): 48 points (24 goals)
- Jonas (Benfica): 46,50 points (31 goals)
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich): 46 points (23 goals)
- Luis Suarez (Barcelona): 42 points (21 goals)
- Sergio Agüero (Manchester City): 42 points (21 goals)
- Neymar (PSG): 40 points (20 goals)
“He is remarkable,” said Keown on Match of the the Day.
Do you agree that Salah have been more valuable to Liverpool than Coutinho has been for Barcelona?
ALGIERS – MFM FC have been knocked out of the CAF Champions League after they were beaten 6-0 on Saturday in their second leg First Round tie by MC Alger.
The Ilechukwu-les side had managed a 2-1 win in the first leg encounter, but MC Alger came out smoking, beating the Nigeria flag bearers 6-0 on Saturday.
MFM FC were already down to four goals in the first half and two more were added to see MC Alger progress with a 7-2 aggregate scoreline.
MFM FC will now wait to see who they will face in the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup playoffs.
Meanwhile, attention will now shift to Kano where Plateau United, Nigeria’s other campaigners in the Champions League will be taking on Etoile du Sahel in their second leg first round tie on Sunday.