By Oluwamayomikun Orekoya
Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye conceded his 27th goal of the season at the weekend in Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 home loss to Willem II in a Matchday 20 Dutch League tie.
Okoye has kept five clean sheets from 17 league games with his last being a goalless home draw versus FC Twente on the 28th January.
Elsewhere in Holland, defender Tyronne Ebuehi impressed in FC Twente’s entertaining Eredivisie 2-2 draw with Heracles.
Meanwhile in the English Premier League, it was a tough outing for Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho as Leicester City’s struggles at home against mid-table sides continued.
This time, the Foxes missed a chance to challenge Manchester United for second as Arsenal turned around its recent poor form to beat Leicester 3-1 at the King Power Stadium yesterday.
Semi Ajayi was missing as West Brom secured a 1-0 home Premier League victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday as the visitors missed two penalties and were controversially denied a goal by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
Josh Maja and Ola Aina both featured as Fulham extended its unbeaten run in the Premier League to five matches with a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace yesterday afternoon.
In France, Samuel Kalu found the back of the net as Bordeaux fell to a 2-1 defeat over Metz in Saturday’s Ligue 1 game while Terem Moffi was on the field for 83 minutes in FC Lorient’s 2-1 win over Saint-Etienne.
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