Eagles Euro Review: Iwobi bags assist, hits the crossbar; Arokodare nets goal number 10
Alex Iwobi provided the assist that helped Fulham secure a point at the Tottenham Hotspur in their Premier League matchweek 13 fixtures.
The Nigerian, making his 13th start on his 13th game in the competition this season, slipped a ball to Tom Cairney on 67 minutes to cancel Brennan Johnson 54th minute opener for Tottenham.
It was Iwobi’s third assist of the season and 32nd in 266 appearances to further extend his record as the Nigerian with the greatest number of assists in Premier League history.
The 28-year-old would have scored earlier when he arced a sweet strike towards the far top corner, but it was put onto the crossbar by the faintest of Forster fingertips.
Iwobi’s Nigerian compatriot at the club, Calvin Bassey was also on from the start for the 13th time this season and was on for all 90 minutes in the game to record his second win in three games against Tottenham.
In Belgium, precisely at the Daio Wasabi Stayen Stadium in Sint Truiden, Tolu Arokodare scored his 10th goal in 16 appearances in the Belgian Jupiler Pro League as his side, KRC Genk secured a point on the road following their 2-2 draw against Sint-Truiden.
At the Bluenergy Stadium – Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy, Maduka Okoye made history when he started and completed, for the 35th time, in his club’s 2-0 loss to visiting Genoa.
He becomes the first Udinese player to start and end a game in 35 straight Serie A games.
At the Stadio Ennio Tardini in Parma, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru was on for 46 minutes and could not help his team, Lazio as they crumbled 3-1 at Parma.
It was the 23-year old’s first start since August and sixth game in 14 Serie A matches played so far this season.
At the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Chrisantus Uche was subbed on in the 46th minute for Allan Nyom but his side, Getafe could not recover from Kylian Mbappe and Jude Belligham’s first half goals as they lost 2-0 to Real Madrid.
It was Uche’s second substitute appearance in 13 games, starting 11 times in his first season in the LaLiga.
At the Rams Park in Istanbul, Victor Osimhen provided an assist, got a yellow card as Galatasaray drew 2-2 with Eyupspor.
The visitors, fourth on the Turkish Super Lig log, scored first through Emre Akbaba on 13 minutes but Barış Alper Yılmaz evened score on first half added time (45+5′).
Galatasaray went ahead two minutes after the restart when Osimhen provided the assist for Roland Sallai but felled to a Prince Ampem’s 77th minute goal to leave the Rams Park with a point.
The home still tops the log with 35 points but could see their lead cut to just three points if Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce host and defeat Gaziantep FK at the Ulker Stadyumu Fenerbahce Sukru Saracoglu Spor Kompleksi on Monday.
