Victor Osimhen delivered a standout creative performance, registering two assists as Galatasaray cruised to a dominant 5–1 home win over Eyüpspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.
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The hosts got off to a flying start just two minutes in when Osimhen teed up Yunus Akgün to open the scoring (1–0). Galatasaray doubled their lead in the 33rd minute through Mauro Icardi, before Eyüpspor’s Bedirhan Özyurt was sent off in the 38th minute, leaving the visitors with 10 men after heavy protests.
Galatasaray wasted no time after the break. In the 48th minute, Osimhen claimed his second assist of the night, once again finding Icardi to make it 3–0. The floodgates opened as Barış Alper Yılmaz set up Icardi for his hat-trick in the 70th minute (4–0).
Eyüpspor pulled one back in the 71st minute through Metehan Altunbaş, but any hopes of a comeback were ended late on when Jérôme Onguéné turned the ball into his own net in the 88th minute, sealing a comprehensive 5–1 victory for the home side.
Osimhen’s creativity from the front line was key to Galatasaray’s dominance, complementing Icardi’s ruthless finishing as the champions underlined their title credentials with a statement home win.
