Nigerian Exports: Alli&Hassan Bag Braces; Onomah Not Involved;Four Super Eagles Stars In Action In Finland

Allnigeriasoccer.com checks on the progress of players of Nigerian descent in the European Leagues on Monday.

Tottenham Hotspur have cut Leicester City’s lead at the top of the Premier League table to five points, following their 4-0 hammering of Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium.

England rising star Dele Alli was in the thick of action again and scored his ninth and tenth goals of the season in the 67th and 82nd minute before he was substituted six minutes from time. Joshua Onomah was not involved for the Londoners.

Defending Danish Superliga champs FC Midtjylland remain ten points below FC Copenhagen despite edging out Esbjerg fB 2-0 at the Blue Water Arena.

Rilwan Hassan, who worked a ninety-minute shift, opened scoring in the 30th minute before grabbing his brace in the 90th minute. Teammate Paul Onuachu entered the fray in the 67th minute.

Chidi Omeje did not make AFC United’s 18-man squad against Trelleborgs FF. The home team won 1-0 at Vångavallen.

A division lower, three Nigerians in the shape of Abubakar Akilu, Edafe Egbedi and Umar Ahmed started in Prespa Birlik’s 1-1 draw with Oster. Akilu rescued a point for the Division One Sodra new boys in the 23rd minute.

The former FCM man and Egbedi went the distance, Ahmed subbed out in the 72nd minute, while Ali Aliyu was an unused sub.

In the Finnish Veikkausliiga, HJK Helsinki returned to winning ways as they beat Seinaejoen JK 2-1 on game week four. Taye Taiwo, Vincent Onovo and Nnamdi Oduamadi all started for The Club.

While the left-back and the defensive midfielder went the full ninety minutes, Oduamadi was replaced on the hour mark.

Still in Finland, four Nigerian started the game between Inter Turku and KuPS at the Veritas Stadion, which ended 3-1 in favour of the homers.

Faith Friday Obilor and Philip Njoku(both Inter), Gbolahan Salami and Azubuike Egwuekwe(both KuPS) played the full game. Nigeria youth international Aliyu Abubakar came on in the 86th minute for the Kuopio-based team.

Finally, Nnaemeka Anyamele watched proceedings from the bench as HIFK shared the spoils with FC Lahti. The game ended 2-2.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel