Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent in Europe on Thursday, including the Europa League.<br /><br />In the Europa League, Sparta Prague failed to progress to the semifinals after losing 6-4 on aggregate to Villarreal at&nbsp; Generali Arena (Praha). <b>Kehinde Fatai </b>worked a ninety-minute shift in attack for the Czech Republic club.<br /><br />In a thriller at Anfield, Liverpool saw off Borussia Dortmund over two legs, thanks to their 4-3 win in the second leg. England youth international <b>Sheyi Ojo</b> made the Reds 18-man squad but was an unused sub. <b>Jordon Ibe</b> was not involved.<br /><br />Nigeria U20 international <b>Chidiebere Nwakali </b>was an unused substitute in IK Start&rsquo;s 8-0 rout of Donn in the Norwegian Cup.<br /><br />In the Finnish Veikkausliiga, <b>Taye Taiwo</b>, <b>Nnamdi Oduamadi</b> and <b>Vincent Onovo</b> lasted the distance as HJK Helsinki played out a 2-2 draw with William Oluremi John&rsquo;s RoPS.<br /><br />The former United States U20 international was on target in the 37th minute, then subbed out five minutes from time.<br /><br />Both <b>Philip Njoku </b>and <b>Faith Friday Obilor s</b>tarted and played 90 minutes of Inter Turku&rsquo;s 2-1 away win over HIFK. Njoku found the net in the 16th minute.<br /><br />KuPS were very active in the transfer market, signing four Nigeria stars in the shape of <b>Gbolahan Salami</b>, <b>Azubuike Egwuekwe</b>, <b>Paul Onobi </b>and <b>Aliyu Abubakar.</b> <br /><br />Excluding Paul Onobi, they were on the pitch from start to finish as KuPS lost 3-2 to PK-35 Vantaa. Salami temporarily restored parity for his team in the 11th minute before Egwuekwe put the ball into his own net 25 minutes later.<br /><br />Ex-Enugu Rangers star <b>Chikeluba Ofoedu</b> reached double digit for goals for the second consecutive season in the Turkish First League after converting a spot kick in the 39th minute of Samsunspor&rsquo;s 2-1 win against Goztepe.<br /><br />Elsewhere, Nigeria internationals <b>Michael Odibe</b> and <b>Christian Obodo</b> played the entirety of Concordia Chiajna&rsquo;s 1-1 draw with Dinamo Bucuresti in the League Cup.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel<br /><br />Photo Credit : hjk.fi<br /><br /><br /><br />