EPL Nigerian Wrap: Dennis On Song, Ekong Solid, Iwobi Helpless

EPL Nigerian Wrap: Dennis On Song, Ekong Solid, Iwobi Helpless By Omolagba Oluwayemi From the UEFA champions League to the UEFA Europa League and down to the UEFA Conference League Nigerians continue to make the waves across Europe and after making the headlines during the midweek actions, they continued to their heroic acts in the English Premier League on Saturday, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Norwich City V Watford (Emmanuel Dennis, William Troost-Ekong, Oghenekaro Etebo) On Saturday, Emmanuel Dennis opened the scoring for Watford FC at Carrow Road as they smashed 3 past Norwich City to return to winning ways. Dennis who joined Watford in the summer headed in Kiko Femenía's cross in the 17th minute to give the visitors the lead before Ismaila Sarr's double ensured the Hornets picked their second win of the campaign after Teemu Pukki's 35th minute goal cancelled out Dennis opener. Meanwhile Nigerian defender William Troost-Ekong was solid at the heart of the defense for the Hornets in the encounter. Although they conceded a goal, the Super Eagles deputy captain did enough to curtail Teemu Pukki and his teammates. Oghenekaro Etebo was introduced for Tom Cleverly in the 82nd minute to help close up things in the middle of the park and he did just that ensuring the threats from Norwich was well curtailed. Aston Villa V Everton (Alex Iwobi) Everton were well beaten by Aston Villa in the late Saturday kick-off 3-0 with Alex Iwobi seeing 81 minute of action. After doing well for Nigeria during the international break, Iwobi started for Everton in their trip to Villa Park but it was Leon Bailey who stole the show terrorising the defense of Everton throughout the encounter. Iwobi eventually made way Tom Davies in the 81st minute as Everton suffered their first loss of the campaign. Wolves V Brentford (Frank Onyeka) Onyeka's introduction in the 68th minute helped 10-man Brentford preserve their first half goals to beat Wolves 2-0 at the Molineux. The Nigerian has been enjoying life in the EPL since he joined in the summer, making judicious use of every playing opportunities he's had for Brentford. Others Burnley V Arsenal (Bukayo Saka) Bukayo Saka did a good job from the left-side of the mid-field as Arsenal beat Burnley 1-0 at Turf Moor for their second win of the season. The Nigerian blood youngster has been doing his best to get off his mind the bashing he received following his penalty miss for England versus Italy in their final of the Euro 2020, putting everything right to the best of his ability to help Arsenal snap out of their poor start to the season. A relatively good Saturday for the Nigerian players in the EPL and Sunday promises to be even better with the trio of Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi and Ademola Lookman travels with Leicester City to the Falmer Stadium as they look to put aside their midweek game disappointment behind them for a good result in the league