Osimhen's brace inspires Galatasaray to big win in his first start after losing African POTY title

Victor Osimhen scored twice as Galatasaray battered Kayserispor 5-1 in the Trendyol Süper Lig fixture played at the Kadir Has Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Making his first start for Galatasaray after recovering from injury and losing the African Footballer of the Year title to compatriot Ademola Lookman, he wasted no time proving his worth.

Osimhen opened the scoring in the fourth minute from the penalty spot after a Kayserispor player had committed a handball and he stepped up to convert, placing the ball beyond the outstretched goalkeeper.

Stephane Bahoken restored parity for the home side, planting his header home from Kartal Yilmaz's corner-kick.

Osimhen was then involved in restoring Galatasaray's lead, he received the ball from Yunus Akgün, passed it to Dries Mertens, who shot the ball.

Mertens’ shot was saved by the goalkeeper but Barış Alper Yılmaz was at the right place to put the rebound home.

Akgün gave the table-toppers a two-goal lead with a magnificent effort, unleashing an unstoppable shot into the bottom left corner five minutes into the second half. 

Osimhen was on the scoresheet once again in the 71st minute, received a pass from Akgün and expertly chipped the ball over the goalkeeper to get his brace.

He was replaced by Metehan Baltaci four minutes before stoppage time, and Yilmaz rounded off the scoring with a precise finish a minute later.

Osimhen has now netted nine league goals, just one less than Super Lig's top-scorers Krzysztof Piątek and Simon Banza.

Abdulkareem Abdulhamid

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