EPL wrap : Olise shines; Onyeku subbed in; Iroegbunam, Eze unused subs; Okoflex bench late game

Published: March 05, 2022

Allnigeriasoccer.com's round-up of Nigeria-eligible players that were in action for their respective clubs in the English Premier League on Saturday, March 5, 2022.

In the early kickoff, Leicester City made it back-to-back wins and two clean sheets in a row after beating Leeds United 1-0 at the King Power Stadium.

Wilfred Ndidi lasted 76 minutes on the pitch, fellow Super Eagles invitees Ademola Lookman and Kelechi Iheanacho came off the bench for the last half an hour.

Harvey Barnes side-footed into the far corner for the game-winning goal after exchanging passes with Iheanacho in the 67th minute.

Tim Iroegbunam watched proceedings from the bench as Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa recorded an emphatic 4-0 win over Southampton who were without the injured Nathan Tella.

Ollie Watkins sent them on their way when he opened the scoring in the ninth minute, Douglas Luiz added a second in the 44th minute and the job was completed in the second half courtesy of goals from Coutinho and Danny Ings..

Super Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka stepped off the bench for the last half an hour as Brentford registered an impressive 3-1 win over basement club Norwich City at Carrow Road.

Ivan Toney netted a vital hat-trick for the Bees, with two of the three goals from penalties in the second half, before Teemu Pukki pulled a goal back in stoppage time.

At the Molineux Stadium, Crystal Palace returned to winning ways with an impressive 2-0 success at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Michael Olise put in an impressive 82 minutes shift, Eberechi Eze was a non-playing substitute and Tayo Adaramola who trained with the first team on Friday was not included in the Eagles' matchday squad.

Jean-Philippe Mateta and Wilfried Zaha with the goals for Patrick Vieira's side in the first half.

In the late kickoff, Armstrong Okoflex starts on the bench for West Ham United against Liverpool at Anfield.

Igho Kingsley

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