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Nigerians Abroad: Osimhen, Akpom, Awoniyi score, Iwobi, Onyekuru stars

Victor Osimhen continued his hot form at Belgian club Sporting Charleroi after he scored in a 3-0 win over Beerschot-Wilrijk at the Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp on Saturday.

 

The 20-year-old scored his 17th goal of the season when he struck the second goal of the game in the 25th minute.

In England, Leon Balogun was not in the matchday squad as Manchester City defeated Brighton and Hove Albion to secure the Premier League title.

Glenn Murray had opened the scoring for the home team on 27 minutes but an Aguero equalizer and goals from Aymeric Laporte, Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan secured the title for the defending champion.

Meanwhile, Arsenal finished fifth with 70 points, after two assists from Iwobi helped the team to defeat Burnley 3-1 at Turf Moor.

Iwobi put in a full shift for the Gunners and provided the assists for the second and third goals netted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Eddie Nketiah.

Wilfred Ndidi put in another good performance as Leicester City played a goalless draw on Sunday.

In Italy, Simy Nwankwo produced a man of the match performance as he scored one and assisted another in Crotone’s 3-0 win over Ascoli, while Henry Onyekuru provided an assist as Galatasaray secured a hard fought 3-2 away win against Caykur Rizespor in the Turkish League.

Also, Junior Lokosa scored on his first start for Esperance as they defeated US Monastir 3-1 in an FA Cup fixture on Saturday and in Greece, Chuba Akpom scored the winning goal as PAOK claimed the FA Cup after beating AEK Athens 1-0.