Danjuma Sets New Mark With Brace Against Valencia

Arnaut Danjuma netted a double as Villarreal defeated Valencia 2-0 on Tuesday.

Megasportsarena.com reports that goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen was restored to Valencia’s starting line-up but after ten minutes he was picking the ball out of his net.

The Nigeria prospect, who was born in Lagos, Nigeria to a Dutch father and a Nigerian mother fired past his Netherlands teammate from the penalty spot.

Seven minutes later, Danjuma made it 2-0 after racing through on goal and calmly slotting the ball past Cillessen.

The match remained 2-0 and Villarreal is still in the race for a top-seven finish.

For Danjuma, he now has ten league goals this season and becomes the sixth-fastest player in Villarreal history to reach 10 goals in the top-flight in a single season.

The players who achieved the feat quicker are Giuseppe Rossi after (16 matches), Nigeria’s Ikechukwu Uche from (16 matches), Diego Forlan (19), Luciano Vietto (20), and Sonny Anderson (22).

Samuel Chukwueze, who scored the goal that eliminated Bayern Munich from the Champions League, was introduced at the start of the second half for Yeremi Pino while Senegal’s Boulaye Dia replaced Danjuma in the 71st minute.

Chukwueze was presented with a chance to grab the third goal of the night when he latched onto a long pass from his own half but his eventual low shot missed target by whiskers.