From heartbreak at Anfield to comebacks in Munich, African players made headlines across the top leagues.
Premier League
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt): Liverpool crashed 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest. Salah still stuck on 4 league goals – no strike since Nov 1. Reds drop to 11th after 6 defeats in 12 games.
- Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria): Came off Fulham bench and delivered the 84th-minute assist for Jimenez’s winner in 1-0 victory over Sunderland. Bassey & Iwobi started.
- Lyle Foster & Hannibal (South Africa/Tunisia): Late subs for Burnley but couldn’t stop 0-2 loss to Chelsea.
Bundesliga
- Nicolas Jackson (Senegal): On loan at Bayern from Chelsea – scored the fifth in a wild 6-2 comeback win over Freiburg after being 0-2 down.
- Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso): Towering header for Leverkusen’s second goal in 3-1 win at Wolfsburg – his third goal in seven games.
Ligue 1
- Ismaelo Ganiou (Burkina Faso): Scored the only goal as Lens beat Strasbourg 1-0 to climb to 3rd.
- Morgan Guilavogui (Guinea): Red card in stoppage time after coming on for Lens.
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon): Opened the scoring in Marseille’s 5-1 thrashing of Nice – OM stay 2nd.
- Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal (Morocco): Youngster broke deadlock early in Rennes’ 4-1 demolition of Monaco – Rennes jump to 6th.
Golden Boot watch: Antoine Semenyo (Ghana) leads Africans in the Premier League with 6 goals; Haaland still untouchable on 14.
Mixed weekend for the continent’s stars but plenty of decisive moments.
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