UCL WRAP UP : Osimhen goal streak ends, Sanusi injured, Bassey shines, Fortune features..

Spherical-up of the UEFA Champions League matches involving Nigeria-eligible gamers on Tuesday, November 1.

At Anfield, Victor Osimhen’s effort was not sufficient to assist Napoli keep away from defeat to Liverpool.

On a four-game goalscoring streak heading into the sport towards the Premier League facet, the quantity 9 fired blanks in 88 minutes of motion.

The Naples based mostly outfit’s unbeaten run got here to an finish following a 2-0 loss to the Reds.

Mohamed Salah broke the impasse within the eighty fifth minute and Darwin Nunez doubled the benefit within the eighth minute of stoppage time.

Liverpool and Napoli each progress to the spherical of 16.

Nonetheless in Group A, Calvin Bassey had a triumphant return to the Ibrox Stadium with Ajax defeating Glasgow Rangers 3-1 of their closing group recreation.

Bassey, who was making his first return to Scotland since his summer time switch to Ajax Amsterdam, performed the whole period of the sport.

He prevented Rangers from taking the lead within the fourteenth minute, clearing Trend Jnr’s header off the road.

Steven Berghuis put the Dutch giants forward within the fourth minute after combining with Mohamed Kudus.

The Ghanaian star then bought his identify on the rating sheet by scoring Ajax’s second of the sport within the twenty ninth minute.

James Tavernier transformed his spot kick within the 87th minute to scale back the deficit for Rangers, just for Conceição to revive the Dutch champions two-goal lead with a minute of regular time remaining.

Bayer Leverkusen and Membership Brugge performed out a 0-0 attract a Group B conflict at BayArena.

Tremendous Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyedika wasn’t in motion as a result of suspension whereas Nigeria eligible ahead Antonio Nusa was an unused substitute.

On the Estádio do Dragão, Zaidu Sanusi suffered an damage in FC Porto’s 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid.

The hosts raced into an early lead within the fifth minute with Mehdi Taremi scoring from an Evanilson help.

Stephen Eustáquio prolonged the lead for the Portuguese giants within the twenty fourth minute after combining with Wenderson Galeno.

Wendell then went on to exchange the injured Sanusi within the 54th minute.

The Spanish giants diminished the deficit in added time following an personal objective from Iván Marcano.

In Group C, Fortune Bassey could not encourage Viktoria Plzen to a win nor a draw over FC Barcelona as they misplaced 4-2.

The Nigerian ahead was introduced on within the 79th minute as an alternative to Toma