Onuachu Penalty Miss; Sone Aluko's Brace; Olaofe's Magic; Yusuf Otubanjo's Brace: How Nigeria Players Fair Over The Weekend

Onuachu Penalty Miss; Sone Aluko's Brace; Olaofe's Magic; Yusuf Otubanjo's Brace: How Nigeria Players Fair Over The Weekend By Omolagba Oluwayemi Hardly will you see a weekend go without Nigerians registering their names on the score sheet while also making headlines across their various leagues and as expected this weekend was massive for them. BSNSports.com.ng takes a lot at how some Nigerian players plying their trades oversees faired over the weekend. Paul Onuachu will be gutted to have missed the spot kick that could've drawn his side level in the game they eventually lost but you can't take anything away from the KRC Genk star man who has notched 9 goals in 10 games for his club this season. Victor Osimhen, the rave of the moment came to the rescue of Napoli as his 81st minute header helped preserve their 100% record in the league. The lanky forward has scored 5 goals in 7 Serie A matches this season. Taiwo Awoniyi is presently the 4th highest goal-scorer in the Bundesliga after he scored a goal in Union Berlin's 2-0 win over Wolfsburg on Saturday. Awoniyi opened scoring for Berlin in the 49th minute and the goal propelled them to a resounding victory over Wolfsburg whom they overtook to 5th place on the log. Samuel Chukwueze made his first appearance of the season for Villarreal in their 1-2 home loss to Osasuna on Sunday night. Chukwueze replaced compatriot, Arnault Danjuma in the 78th minute in what was his first league game in over three months. Simy Nwankwo opened his goal scoring account for Salernitana on Saturday. Although his team eventually lost the game 1-2 to Spezia, Simy will be happy to have finally registered his name on the scoring sheet for Salernitana in the Serie A this season. Meanwhile Joel Chukwuma Obi provided the assist for Simy Nwankwo in the game. Kelechi Iheanacho provided an assist on Saturday as Leicester City beat Manchester United 4-2 at the King Power Stadium. Bad day in Office for William Troost-Ekong and Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) as they both suffered an heavy 5-0 loss to Liverpool to begin the reign of Claudio Ranieri as their head coach. Frank Onyeka had a decent outing on Saturday as Brentford lost the London derby to Chelsea by a lone goal. Sone Aluko bagged a brace to secure a valuable point away for Ipswich against Cambridge United on Saturday. Adebayo Akinfemiwa was on the score sheet for Wycombe Wanderers in their 2-0 away win over Doncaster Rovers. Isaac Olaofe was on target as Suton United pipped Crawley Town by a lone goal in their English League 2 encounter. Kayode Olanrewaju scored a goal for Sivasspor as they played a 2-2 draw with Antalyaspor. Peter Olayinka scored a goal in Slavia Prague's 3-1 win over Slovan Liberec. Chidera Ejuke's 52nd minute goal was all CSKA Moscow needed to beat Ural FC away from home. Far away in Denmark, Stephen Odey scores as Randers beat OB 2-1 while Raphael Onyedika picked up a yellow card in Midtjylland's 2-2 draw with Nordsjælland. Akinkunmi Amoo's goal helped Hammarby overcome AIK in the Swedish Allsvekan. In Greece, Chuba Apom scored the 2nd for PAOK as they played a 4-4 draw with NFC Volos and in Armenia, Yusuf Otubanjo scored a brace as Ararat Armenia extend their lead on the summit of the league to 7 points following their 3-0 victory over closest challenger, Ararat Yerevan. The list of Nigerian players doing well oversees is endless but we could only gathere the information of these ones at the moment. We promise to keep you up-to-date with new development as far as Nigeria's players is concerned.