Players Round Up: Mikel, Onyekuru Score, As Chukwueze Fails To Rescue Villareal Against Real Madrid

Round Up:Onyekuru Scores In Galatasaray’s Istanbul Derby Win Vs Besiktas, Chukwueze Fails To Rescue Villarreal Against Real Madrid By Admin Nigeria's Super Eagles skipper John Mikel Obi scored his first goal for Middlesbrough on the final day of the league as Boro secured 1-2 away win over Rotherham United. Despite being already relegated to League one Rotherham stood its ground against play off chasing Boro. Middlesbrough finally took the lead in the 28th minute when a neat flick from Fletcher sent Assombalonga clear but the striker was pulled down by Robertson. It was Assombalonga who took the spotkick, lashing the ball low and hard to the keeper’s right to put his side in front. The away side took the lead in the 37th minute when Wing’s left-wing corner was knocked down by McNair and the ball was deflected to Mikel who hit an unstoppable shot into the net from the edge of the box. Meanwhile, Boro missed the play off spot following Derby County victory over West Bromwich Albion In Turkey, Super Eagles forward Henry Onyekuru was on target as Galatasaray recorded a 2-0 win against Besiktas in the Istanbul derby at the Turk Telekom Stadium on Sunday. Onyekuru opened scoring for Galatasaray a minute before half time after he was set up by Brazilian midfielder Fernando. Fernando scored the second goal for Fathi Terim’s men in the 54th minute. The Nigeria international who was cautioned in eight minutes from time was replaced by Michel Limmes deep into stoppage time. He has now scored 13 goals in 28 league appearances for the Turkish Super Lig champions this season. Galatsaray moved to top spot in the table following the win albeit on goal difference ahead of Istanbul Basakhessir who occupy second position. They will face Caykur Rizespor in their next Super Lig game on Saturday. In Spain, Samuel Chukwueze saw action for 90 minutes in Villarreal’s 3-2 defeat to Real Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. The game was Chukwueze’s 25th league appearance for the Yellow Submarines and he has scored five goals. Chukwueze was a constant threat on the wings as he completed five dribbles, won eight duels and had two shots on target. Villarreal who dropped to 15th position in the table having garnered 40 points from 36 games. Javi Calleja’s men will fight top maintain their top flight status in the remaining two games of the season.