UCL Wrap : Club Brugge's Dennis, Okereke Outshone By Mbappe; Lokomotiv & Idowu Lose At Juventus

Published: October 22, 2019

Allnigeriasoccer.com's round-up of the Nigeria-eligible players who were on parade for their respective clubs on matchday three in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, October 22.

At Jan Breydel Stadium, Emmanuel Dennis started and was in action for 76 minutes as Club Brugge suffered a humiliating 5-0 loss to French champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Kylian Mbappé came off the bench to score a 22-minute hat-trick for the Parisians in the second half and set up Icardi for the third goal.

Nigeria U23 international David Okereke played the last 33 minutes in the second half in the Group A fixture.

In Group C, Iyayi Believe Atiemwen was omitted from Dinamo Zagreb's matchday 18 as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Shakhtar Donetsk at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist.

Konoplyanka slotted the Ukrainians ahead in the 16th minute, Dani Olmo leveled on 25 minutes and Dodô equalised with 15 minutes left after an Orsic penalty had given Dinamo a 2-1 lead.

Italian champions Juventus came from behind to beat Lokomotiv Moscow 2-1 at Allianz Stadium in Torino.

Out-of-favor Super Eagles left-back Brian Idowu played the full game for the Russian Premier League side who opened the scoring through Aleksey Miranchuk on the half hour mark.

Juventus managed to earn three points thanks to two late goals from Paulo Dybala in the 77th and 79th minutes.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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