Galatasaray 3-2 Tottenham: Osimhen nets second brace in eight games for Galatasaray, show Chelsea and Arsenal what they are missing

Victor Osimhen scored his first Europa League goals for Turkish side, Galatasaray when he netted a brace in his club’s 3-2 defeat of Premier League side, Tottenham Hotspur in a Europa League matchday four game at the Rams Park in Istanbul on Thursday evening.

The Nigerian restored Galatasaray’s lead after William Lankshear scored on 18 minutes to cancel out Yunus Akgün’s sixth minute goal.

The 25-year-old doubled the host’s lead eight minutes later for a 3-1 first half lead. Dominic Solanke halved the deficit for the visitors when he netted on 69 minutes.

Osimhen was subbed off on 80 minutes ostensibly due to an injury but the Nigerian had done enough to give Galatasaray their third win in four games.

The former Napoli man has now scored twice and bagged two assists in three appearances in the competition for the Turkish side to increase his total haul to six goals and four assists in eight games across all competitions in his first season with the Super Lig side.

He has also improved his goals haul to six in the Europa League in 12 appearances in the competition with four of the goals scored in eight appearances for Napoli.

Osimhen has climbed to joint fifth in the Nigerian top scorers’ chart in the competition with Joseph Akpala, Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Olarenwaju Kayode.

Obafemi Martins is the most prolific Nigerian in the competition with 13 goals in 27 appearances, followed by Victor Boniface who netted 11 times in 18 games while Victor Ikpeba is third with eight goals in 19 games.

The trio of Shola Ameobi, Ademola Lookman and Benedict Akwuegbu are joint fourth with seven goals each.