Nigerians abroad: Awoniyi’s Forest dump Spurs out of League Cup; Iwuala, Sekidika, Bassey net in wins

Soccernet.ng highlights the performances of Nigerian stars overseas on Wednesday, November 9.

Taiwo Awoniyi featured as Nottingham Forest claimed an exciting 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspurs within the third spherical of the League Cup.

Compatriot Emmanuel Dennis sat on the bench all through because the Reds snapped their winless run to make it to the competitors’s spherical of 16.

Within the Italian Serie A, Ademola Lookman was a second-half substitute as Atalanta fell to a shock 2-1 defeat at Lecce.

Lookman solely on Tuesday gained the membership’s Participant of the Month of October, however his introduction didn’t save the Nerazzurri from struggling a second straight league loss.

Within the Netherlands, Calvin Bassey was on from begin to end as Ajax had been pressured to a disappointing 2-2 draw at dwelling to Vitesse.

Tremendous Eagles winger Anayo Iwuala grabbed the one purpose of the encounter as Belouizdad secured a 1-0 win away to ASO Chlef within the Algerian Ligue 1.

Thrilling Nigerian ahead Fortune Bassey spherical off the scoring for champions Viktoria Plzen of their 4-0 win at dwelling to Zbrojovka Brno within the Czech Liga.

Nigerian ahead Jesse Sekidika struck the successful purpose to assist Eyupspor carve out a 2-1 win over Duzcespor within the Italian Cup.

Nigerian stars Ibrahim Rasheed and Iyayi Atiemwen had been the goalscorers for Sheriff of their 2-0 triumph at Milsami within the Moldovan Tremendous Liga.

And at last, within the Spanish La Liga, Tremendous Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze was on the successful crew as Villarreal shot down Espanyol with the narrowest of margins.