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Unknown Nigerian-born youngster, Elijah Adebayo of Luton Town and Doncaster Rovers’ Joseph Olowu both scored in the midst of blanks by several of their compatriots on Saturday, with the first of the duo taking his tally to ten for the season in the English Championship.
Adebayo again stole the show, after netting a 62nd minute equaliser that helped his side eke out a 1-1 draw with table toppers Fulham at Kenilworth Road, thereby denting hope of victory held by the club where he spent his academy years.
Megasportsarena.com reports that the hero of the day headed home off a superb free-kick to cancel out Aleksandar Mitrovic’s first half opener in the process.
In similar style, former Arsenal youth team defender, Joseph Olowu netted the winning goal to give Doncaster Rovers an important 1-0 win over Daniel Udoh’s Shrewsbury Town at Keepmoat Stadium in South Yorkshire.
With 11 minutes remaining of their English League One fixture, the central defender headed in a corner from Rowe – his second league goal in four outings; while Freddie Ladapo also netted for Rotherham United.
Ladapo’s side continue to lead the way in the third-tier division thanks to a 3-1 win over Burton Albion at New York Stadium, where the former Flying Eagles invitee broke the deadlock with a cheeky back flick in the 24th minute.
He then restored The Millers’ one-goal advantage two minutes into the second half when he slotted the ball low under the Burton Albion goalkeeper, thereby taking his haul to 11 goals in all competitions – eight in League One, two in Papa John’s Trophy and one in the English FA Cup.
Adebayo Akinfenwa also scored for Wycombe Wanderers in a 2-2 draw with Wimbledon at Adams Park, where the 39-year-old ‘ Strongest Man’ got off the bench in the 65th minute and made it 1-1 with a lob from outside the box after seeing the keeper off his line in the 74th minute.
A number of Nigerian-born players were also involved in English Premier League action, as Nathan Tella went the distance for Southampton at Emirates Stadium.
Nathan looked lively in the opening minutes against his former club, who had Nigerian-born goalkeeper, Arthur Okonkwo as an unused substitute.
Folarin Balogun was not dressed for Arsenal, who returned to winning ways after suffering two successive defeats on the road, as The Gunners’ hit Tella’s Southampton 3-0.
Alexandre Lacazette put Arsenal in front in the 21st minute and their second goal came just six minutes later through Martin Odegaard, after which Gabriel headed the ball home to make it 3-0 in the 62nd minute.
Same evening in the EPL, Nigerian-born youth international, Carney Chukwuemeka watched proceedings from the bench at Anfield, where Aston Villa suffered a 1-0 defeat by Liverpool, after Mohamed Salah scored from the spot in the 67th minute.
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