By Kayode John
Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, set a new assist record by a Nigerian in the English Premier League as Fulham defeated Newcastle United 3-1.
Iwobi bagged his 30th assist in the English top flight in the win, surpassing Nwankwo Kanu’s 29 in the league.
The 28-year-old made the assist for Fulham’s second goal, which was netted by former Arsenal star Emile Smith-Rowe.
Earlier, Raul Jimenez gave the home side the lead after just five minutes. Harvey Barnes halved the deficit at the start of the second half but Reiss Nelson sealed the points at Craven Cottage in added time.
Super Eagles star Calvin Bassey had an impressive outing in Fulham’s central defence for 90 minutes in the encounter.
Aston Villa did not show any signs of fatigue on Saturday when they defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 at Villa Park, four days after their 3-0 win at Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League.
Matheus Cunha put the visitors in the lead but the turnaround for the hosts started in the 73rd minute through Ollie Watkins. Ezri Konsa scored the second before Jhon Duran added the third in the 94th minute.
Nigeria midfielder Joe Aribo came on in the 91st minute for Southampton for his fourth appearance in the league this season and his first off the bench as Southampton drew 1-1 at home to Ipswich.
Tyler Dibling put the Saints ahead after five minutes but the visitors equalised in the 95th minute.
Tottenham survived an early scare against Brentford at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson and James Maddison netting for the hosts after Bryan Mbeumo had given the visitors a first minute lead.
Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi was impressive in Lecester City’s 1-1 draw with Everton at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.
The Foxes, who blew a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 at Crystal Palace last week, went down 1-0 to IIiman Ndiaye’s strike but Stephy Mavididi scored his second goal in two matches to rescue a point for Leicester City.
Liverpool recovered from their shock defeat to Nottingham Forest at home last weekend to record a 3-0 win over Bournemouth at Anfield.
Luis Díaz scored two goals in two minutes to continue an impressive start to the season, and Darwin Nunez wrapped up the points with Liverpool’s third before half-time.
In the final Premier League clash of Saturday, Manchester United were frustrated to a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace, with their former goalkeeper Dean Henderson pulling off some brilliant saves.
United were dominant for most of the match and had enough opportunities to win it, but Palace also had their chances, with Eberechi Eze missing two and Andre Onana producing a double save to earn the Red Devils a point.
