Sharpshooters: Super Eagles star better than Osimhen, Mbappe, Haaland in 2023

The Nigerian winger has had a flying begin to the brand new 12 months outshining a number of the sport’s most revered finishers over the previous few weeks

Tremendous Eagles ahead Ademola Lookman is the fourth most prolific attacker throughout Europe’s high 5 leagues in 2023.

Because the flip of the brand new 12 months, Lookman has discovered the again of the web 4 occasions, greater than most of the sport’s most infamous purpose poachers.

Persevering with his fantastic begin to the 2022/2023 season, Lookman netted a pair of braces over the previous few days to race to the highest of the scorers’ chart.

Lookman smashed residence his first brace of the 12 months in Atalanta’s historic 8-2 thrashing of Salernitana on January 15. The Nigeria worldwide additionally added an help within the encounter as he delivered a man-of-the-match efficiency because the Goddess scored eight objectives in a match for the primary time since 1993.

The objectives took Lookman’s tally within the Italian Serie A to 9, bettered solely by compatriot and Napoli ace Victor Osimhen.

4 days later, Lookman was at it once more as he grabbed one other double to encourage Atalanta to a convincing 5-2 conquer Spezia within the Coppa Italia.

It was the primary time since Lookman turned skilled that he would rating twice in consecutive matches, reinforcing the concept that the 25-year-old is experiencing the most effective second of his profession.

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Curiously, solely Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford, Manchester Metropolis’s Riyad Mahrez, and AS Monaco’s Wissam Ben Yedder (with 5 objectives every) have scored greater than Lookman throughout Europe’s high 5 leagues in 2023.

Levelled on the identical variety of objectives as Lookman are the quartet of Atalanta teammate Rasmus Højlund, Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski, Lille’s Jonathan David, and Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martínez.

Lookman’s numbers, nonetheless, stand out above these of Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, Barcelona’s Ansu Fati, AS Roma’s Paulo Dybala, Actual Madrid’s Karim Benzema, and Tottenham’s Harry Kane, all with three objectives.

The normally terrific duo of Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland and PSG’s Kylian Mbappe have solely managed one purpose between them this 12 months.

High 5 scoring Nigerians (throughout all competitions) in Europe’s high 5 leagues in 2023

1. Ademola Lookman 4 objectives, 3 video games
2. Victor Osimhen 3 objectives, 4 video games
3. Samuel Chukwueze Villarreal CF 2 objectives, 4 video games
4. Terem Moffi 2 objectives, 3 video games
5. Taiwo Awoniyi 1 purpose, 1 sport