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Africans Abroad: Top Five Players With Impressive Performance This Week

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African players for many years have been known for their passion and grit in European and other football leagues.

Players such as Samuel Eto’o, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, and Didier Drogba, have paid their dues in time past as far as achieving the best out of European league is concerned.

These classic stars have modelled a good mirror for players such as Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Thomas Partey, Victor Osimhen, Hakim Ziyech, Riyad Mahrez and a host of others.

This week, Naija News has compiled five African players with impressive performances this week.

5. Sadio Mane

Top Five Players With An Impressive Performance This Week

(Sadio Mane) Top Five Players With An Impressive Performance This Week

Sadio ManĂ© scored a wonderful goal for his side’s thrashing of Viktoria Plzen. The Senegalese striker, who has won a good number of trophies for his former club, Liverpool, left the club in the summer for Bayern Munich to face a “new challenge”. The forward scored his first European Champions league goal for his new club, and it was beautiful.

4. Zaidu Sanusi

Top 5 African players in Action this week

(Zaidu Sanusi) Top 5 African players in Action this week

The Nigerian International who plays as a left back was a hero for his Portuguese side at the European Champions League against Bayern Leverkusen this week. He came off the bench to give his team a brilliant headed goal in the 69th minute.

3. Kamal Sowah

Top 5 African players in Action this week

(Kamal Sowah) Top 5 African players in Action this week

The Ghanaian International did excellently well for his Belgian team in the UEFA champions League tie in a 2-0 defeat against Atletico Madrid. Ferran Jutgla outran several Atletico defenders before finding Kamal Sowah who struck into an empty net. The Ghanaian has scored two consecutive goals playing for the blue and black jersey.

2. Mohamed Salah

Top Five Players With An Impressive Performance This Week

(Mohamed Salah) Top Five Players With An Impressive Performance This Week

Mohamed Salah’s team, Liverpool have not been in their best form this season, while the Egyptian king has not really delievered an impressive performance in a long time. But, the Egyptian Captain was in action this week as he helped his team score a deserved second goal from the penalty spot after Luis Diaz was fouled.

1. Riyad Mahrez

Top Five Players With An Impressive Performance This Week

(Riyad Mahrez) Top Five Players With An Impressive Performance This Week

The Algerian midfielder who was poised to comeback to his best by the Spanish Boss, Pep Guardiola, understood the assignment has he was rated high in his club’s demolition of Copenhagen in the UEFA champions league, having scored a spot kick to make it 4-0 for the citizens, he also turned a provider by setting up his Argentine team mate, Julian Alvarez to score from a close range.