Prolific Liverpool scorer Mohamed Salah led the way in which with a brace in a dramatic victory at Southampton, as six Africans scored within the Premier League over the weekend.
Ghanaians Thomas Partey and Jordan Ayew, Senegalese Ismaila Sarr and Nicolas Jackson, and Nigerian Alex Iwobi additionally discovered the again of the web.
Salah impressed a 3-2 comeback victory, elevating his league tally to 10 objectives — two fewer than the highest scorer, Erling Haaland of Manchester Metropolis. 4 Africans at the moment are within the Premier League’s high eight objective scorers.
Right here, AFP Sport highlights a number of the African headline-makers within the main European leagues:
ENGLAND
MOHAMED SALAH (Liverpool)
The Egypt ahead propelled Liverpool to an eight-point lead on the high of the Premier League as his brace impressed a win at Southampton. Arne Slot’s facet had been in peril of a shock defeat to the underside membership after falling 2-1 behind early within the second half. However Salah levelled the rating within the sixty fifth minute, changing Ryan Gravenberch’s move with a medical end. Salah sealed the Reds’ tenth win in 12 league video games this season within the 83rd minute, netting his twelfth objective of the season with a nerveless penalty.
THOMAS PARTEY (Arsenal)
The midfielder scored for the primary time since August as Arsenal obtained again on monitor with a 3-0 win in opposition to Nottingham Forest. Partey doubled the Gunners’ lead within the 52nd minute, curling a high-quality end previous Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels from 20 yards after receiving a move from Bukayo Saka. The 31-year-old’s second objective of the season — his first was in a win at Aston Villa — helped Mikel Arteta’s staff to their first victory in 5 league video games.
ISMAILA SARR (Crystal Palace)
The winger netted in a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa, lastly ending his Premier League objective drought since his close-season transfer from Marseille. Sarr put Palace forward within the fourth minute at Villa Park, dispatching Jean-Philippe Mateta’s move to get off the mark within the top-flight on his twelfth try. The 26-year-old’s solely different objective for Palace got here within the League Cup in opposition to second-tier Norwich in August.
ITALY
ADEMOLA LOOKMAN (Atalanta)
Nigerian worldwide Lookman scored his staff’s third objective in a 3-1 win at Parma, serving to Atalanta briefly take high spot in Serie A on Saturday. It was a case of third time fortunate for Lookman, who struck within the seventy fifth minute from shut vary after a cross from Juan Cuadrado. Earlier within the sport, he had two objectives dominated out for offside.
FRANCE
HAMED TRAORE (Auxerre)
The Ivory Coast worldwide snatched a 1-0 win for Auxerre over Angers with a stoppage-time header for his sixth objective in 10 video games since arriving on a season-long mortgage from Bournemouth. Traore is one objective shy of matching his career-high of seven objectives, which he scored for Sassuolo within the 2021-22 season.
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