AFCON 2025
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By Chima Azu
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : LIVERPOOL VS PORTO
Mohamed Salah just can’t stop scoring, he scored Liverpool’s second in the comfortable 2:0 victory over FC Porto in a dead rubber game for the English side. He now has 6 goals to his name in this season’s UEFA Champions League.
BESIKTAS VS AJAX
Sebastian Haller’s brace helped Ajax come from a goal down to defeat the Turkish side. He now has 9 goals this season and his the first player to score 9 goals in 5 Champions League games. The Ivorian is now tied with Lewandowski on the top scorers chart with 9 goals each.
EUROPA LEAGUE : LEICESTER CITY VS LEGIA WARSAW
Patson Daka scored Leicester city’s first goal in their 3:1 home win against Legia Warsaw. The Zambian striker has now scored 5 goals this season in the Europa League. Also in the same game, Nigerian international Wilfred Ndidi rose highest to head home Leicester’s third and his first of the competition.
BROENDBY VS LYON
Former Leicester striker Islam Slimani scored his Lyon’s third and his third of the competition as well in a resounding win against the Danish side. Lyon won the game 3:1 away from home. It should be noted that his teammate Toko Ekambi is currently the leading scorer in the competition with 6 goals.
EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE : SLAVIA PRAGUE VS FEYENOORD
In a game that had 4 goals, two Nigerians scored 3. Peter Olayinka got the first goal for Slavia while Cyriel Dessers scored a brace for Feyenoord to pull his side back into the game twice. The match ended 2:2. The Nigerian forward Cyriel has now scored 3 goals in the Conference League and 7 in all competitions.
