Nigerian Africa Cup of Nations stars Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi scored as Fulham shocked Manchester United 2-1 within the Premier League this weekend.
Defender Bassey gave the London membership a second-half lead, and midfielder Iwobi grabbed an extra-time winner as Fulham gained at Previous Trafford for the primary time since 2003.
Bassey and Iwobi had been common starters for Nigeria at this 12 months's AFCON, the place they completed second behind hosts Ivory Coast.
Right here, AFP Sport highlights African headline makers within the main European leagues:
ENGLAND
CALVIN BASSEY, ALEX IWOBI (Fulham)
Bassey scored his first objective for the Cottagers halfway by means of the second half to offer Fulham the lead. After Harry Maguire leveled, Iwobi scored the winner seven minutes into stoppage time to offer Marco Silva's males their first away league victory because the opening weekend of the season.
JORDAN AYEW (Crystal Palace)
Ayew was heading in the right direction for the second sport in a row as Palace gave new supervisor Oliver Glasner the proper begin in a 3-0 residence win over Burnley. The Ghanaian worldwide tapped residence the Eagles' second objective on the again publish for his fourth of the season.
SPAIN
REINILDO MANDAVA (Atletico Madrid)
A cross from the Mozambican defender allowed Angel Correa to offer Atletico a second-minute lead in a 2-2 La Liga draw at backside membership Almeria. Reinildo was later proven a yellow card in a match by which the fourth-placed Madrid staff surrendered the lead twice.
GERMANY
IHLAS BEBOU (Hoffenheim)
Togo ahead Bebou helped his facet out of the blocks at Borussia Dortmund, scoring after simply two minutes in a 3-2 Bundesliga victory. Lightning-quick Bebou took benefit of a mistake by Dortmund captain Emre Can to hammer the ball previous goalkeeper Alexander Meyer earlier than the smoke from the pre-match fireworks had cleared.
OMAR MARMOUSH (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Marmoush scored in stoppage time to offer Eintracht some extent in opposition to former staff Wolfsburg in a 2–2 draw. The Egyptian striker collected a move from Timothy Chandler and hit a low shot previous Koen Casteels.
FRANCE
PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG (Marseille)
Former African Footballer of the 12 months and Gabon captain Aubameyang elevated his Ligue 1 objective tally to eight this season with a brace in a 4-1 win for ninth-placed Marseille over lowly Montpellier. Senegalese midfielder Iliman Ndiaye additionally scored for the winners, whose tally was accomplished by an personal objective from Malian Falaye Sacko.
