EPL wrap : Olise assists; Iroegbunam makes squad; Carney, Eze subbed in; Onyeka starts; Tella missing

Allnigeriasoccer.com's catch up on the Premier League matches involving Nigeria-eligible players on Wednesday, February 9.

In a six-goal thriller at Villa Park, manager Steven Gerrard named two teenagers of Nigerian descent Tim Iroegbunam and Carney Chukwuemeka in his matchday squad as Aston Villa and Leeds United shared the spoils.

James opened the scoring for Leeds United in the ninth minute but Villa hit back, scoring three goals through Philippe Coutinho and Jacob Ramsey (2), before James scored again to reduce the deficit to 3-2 at the interval.

Chukwuemeka entered the game as a substitute in the 59th minute, and four minutes later Diego Llorente fired in a loose ball to bring the game back to parity.

Crystal Palace shared the spoils with Norwich City after a 1-1 draw at Carrow Road.

After an early setback that saw the Eagles concede in the very first minute, they had to wait for one hour before Wilfried Zaha grabbed the equaliser.

The Ivorian curled the ball into the top corner after he was found by Michael Olise's brilliant pass.

Olise started and was in action for 70 minutes and another Nigerian Federation target in Eberechi Eze hopped off the bench with ten minutes to go.

Manchester City extended their lead at the top of the table following a 2-0 win over Brentford, for whom Super Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka was in action for 70 minutes.

Goals from Riyad Mahrez and Kevin De Bruyne earned Pep Guardiola's side a win.

Super Eagles hopeful Nathan Tella is still recovering from a groin issue so was not available for selection as Southampton scored two late goals to shock Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 in north London.

Spurs led twice, through Jan Bednarek's own goal in the first half, and Son Heung-Min's 70th minute strike.