The weekend was a fruitful one in terms of goalscoring prowess for Africa’s elite stars in Europe. From Sadio Mane’s fantastic Hatrick to Kelechi Iheanacho’s face serving Brace, African stars impressed for their respective clubs .
Senegal
Sadio Mane scored a hat-trick as Southampton thumped Manchester City 4-2 in the Premier League on Sunday.The Talented forward took over the manchester City vs SouthHampton game after the opening goal by Team mate Shane long, scoring in the 28th,57th and 68th minute and complete his much deserved hatrick.
West Ham midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate headed Dimitri Payet’s inch-perfect cross past Ben Foster in the 34th minute to open the score line in his teams 3 nil win over West Brom.Souleymane Camara (Montpellier) headed in from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner in his teams 3-2 away win over Reims, Assisted by Ryad Boudebouz with a beauty of a cross.
Nigeria
Manchester City young Star Kelechi Iheanacho scored a wonderful brace in his teams loss to SouthHampton netting a beautiful header in the 44th minute and 78th minute well curled strike from outside the 18 yard area.Watford Strike Idion Ighalo had a quite afternoon and did not score in his teams 3-2 win over relegated Aston Villa.
Kenya
Ayub Timbe Masika scored a brace for his belgian side Lierse SK who beat Excelsior Virton 3 –2 .Bruce Kamau scored in the 90th minute to give Adelaide United first win over Western Sidney .
Ghana
A resurgent Andre Ayew scored twice as Swansea comfortably beat a much-changed Liverpool side 3-1 on Sunday afternoon.He opened the scoring just after the 20 minute mark .He added a second in the second half just to minutes after Benteke had scored for Liverpool. Jordan Ayew was on the scoresheet for Aston Villa in their 3-2 loss to Watford.
Morocco
Youssef el Arabi scored a 22nd minute equalised for his Granada side as they beat Las Palmas 3-2 in the spanish La Liga.Las Palmas went to nil up in the 12th minute thanks to J viera’s 3rd minute and 12th minute strikes.
Rochina reduced the deficit a minute later before El Arabi scored the Equaliser in the 22nd minute and R costa won the game for Granada. Monaco left Winger Nabil Dirar scored a beauty in their 3-2 win over Guingamp.
Ivory Coast
Striker Lacina Traore opened the scoreline in monaco 3-2 home win over Guingamp. He hit a wonderful left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
Gabon
Gabonese national team Captain Pierre Emerick Aubemeyang scored two headers in two minutes in Borrusia Dortmunds 5-1 win over Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga .Aubemeyang has now scored 25 bundesliga goals so far this season .
Cameroon
Eric Maxim Choupo Moting Scored the opener in schalke’s 3-1 win over Hannover.
Algeria
Rachid Ghezzal scored a good left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right to the bottom right corner following a corner in the 10th minute as his Lyon beat Ajaccio 2-1.
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