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Troost-Ekong, Onyeka Suffer Defeats With Watford, Brentford, Olise bags assist

Troost-Ekong, Onyeka Suffer Defeats With Watford, Brentford, Olise bags assist

by Niyi Busari,
Oct 31, 2021
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BSNSports.com.ng's round-up of Nigeria-eligible players that were in action for their respective clubs in the English Premier League on Saturday, October 30, 2021. Deputy Super Eagles Captain William Troost-Ekong was in action for Watford but could not prevent them from losing 1-0 at home to Southampton. Troost-Ekong played for 90 minutes while his Nigerian teammate Emmanuel Dennis did not feature due to suspension. Southampton winger Nathan Tella watched proceedings from the bench for the entire duration of the game.

At Turf Moor, Super Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka started and was in action for 58 minutes as Brentford suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Burnley - the Clarets first win of the campaign.

Burnley were in a comfortable lead at the interval, scoring through Chris Woods, Matthew Lowdon and Gnaly Cornet, while Ghoddos pulled a goal back at 79th minutes.

At the Etihad, Manchester City suffered a 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace. It is now back-back defeats for City, who were eliminated in the Carabao Cup in midweek. Michael Olise, who came in the 85th minute, set up Conor Gallagher for Palace’s second goal on 88 minutes. Wilfred Zaha has given Patrick Vieira’s side the lead just six minutes into the game. City were reduced to 10 men in first half added time after Aymeric Laporte was shown a red card for a foul on Zaha.

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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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