Nigerians abroad: Chukwueze, Maja, Idowu assist; Momoh, Agade on target

Soccernet.ng brings you the highlights of a few Nigerian footballers who made their impacts felt for their respective European clubs on Saturday.

At the Estadio de la Cerámica, Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze palyed his part to help Villarreal avoid a home defeat as the Yellow Submarines forced Atletico Bilbao to a 1-1 draw.

Chukwueze supplied the assist for Pedraza to net the equaliser for Unai Emery’s men on the hour mark after Raul Garcia had given the visitors a 43rd-minute lead.

In the Greece Super League, Adedeji Dauda followed up from scoring his side’s winner last week by starring in Apollon Smirnis’s 2-1 win at OFI.

Dauda set up Andoni’s opening goal for the away team in first-half stoppage time, and Slivka netted the winner 12 minutes from time after Luiz Phellype had equalised for the hosts in the 70th minute.

In Israel, Nigeria attacker William Agade scored his sixth leave goal of the campaign but it was not enough to help Hapoel Jerusalem avoid a 2-1 loss at Ironi Kiryat Shmona.

Agade’s 69th-minute strike was sandwiched by Shviro’s 18th-minute opener and Shaker’s 79th-minute winner for the landlords at the Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium.

Nigeria’s Akor Adams and Igoh Ogbu were on target as Lillestrøm handed Jerv a 4-0 thrashing on matchday two of Norway’s Eliteserien.

Adams broke the deadlock in the 12th minute of the encounter while Ogbu added the match’s third midway through the second half.

Adams, 22, now has two goals in as many games after netting the late effort that earned his side the 2-2 draw at Hamkam last weekend.

Former Super Eagles full-back Bryan Idowu was one of the star performers as Khimki forced a 4-2 defeat down the throat of Chidera Ejuke’s CSKA Moscow in the Russia Premier League.