The last weekend was not really a good one for African players especially in the English Premier League as a handful of them ended up disappointed with the end results.

While a few who put up good individual performances worthy of mention, some others did not live up to expectations.

Egypt captain and Liverpool talismanic striker, Mohamed Salah was again disappointed as he was frustrated by Everton which had Nigerian midfielder Alex Iwobi in the mix as one of English football’s oldest derbies ended in a stalemate.

On Sunday, Kelechi Iheanacho and Patson Daka brought the African flavour as they both scored in Leicester City’s ill fated trip to Brighton and Hove Albion as they were hammered 5-2.

Kelechi Iheanacho celebrates his goal for Leicester City (Photo Credit: LCFC)

But it was a different ball game in the Dutch Eredivisie as Ghanaian striker,
Mohamed Kudus and Nigerian defender Calvin Bassey were in good form as Ajax hit Cambuur 4-0.

Africannewswatch brings you review of some of the good and the bad of African players in Europe last weekend.

Too Good

Kelechi Iheanacho – Leicester City

Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho scored the fastest goal in the English Premier League so far this season as he netted Leicester City’s first goal barely in the first minute against Brighton.

He should have added a second minutes later but his close range shot flew inches wide. But despite his all round contribution, Brendan Rodgers’ charges were humiliated 5-2 to prop up the bottom of the table in the six weeks old EPL.

Patson Daka – Leicester City

Zambian striker Parson Daka was also on song in Leicester’s 5-2 defeat to Brighton but the forward will be happy with his all round performance in the game.

Patson Daka was on song for Leicester City (Photo Credit: LCFC)

He provided the assist for Iheanacho first minute goal and was on target himself with the Foxes’ second goal in the 33rd minute before the squad capitulated from a combination of poor defending and school boys error.

Mohamed Kudus – Ajax

The Ghanaian striker scored one of Ajax’s goals after coming on for compatriot Brian Brobbey in the second half.

Kudus got on the scoresheet in the 64th minute off a sublime assist from Nigerian defender Calvin Bassey who was also in spectacular form throughout the match.

Ajax star, Mohammed Kudus (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

Nicolas Jackson – Villareal

Senegal international, Nicolas Jackson is slowly becoming an integral part of Villarreal as he once again provided an assist for Giovani Lo Celso to double the scores as Villareal tore apart Elche in a one sided La Liga match that ended 4-0.

The attacking midfielder had one shot on target, one key pass, 20 touches, one dribble, seven passes and a passing accuracy of 85.7% helping Villarreal maintained an unbeaten run in the league so far.

Too Bad

Mohamed Salah – Liverpool

Mohamed Salah’s struggles continued at Goodison Park as a dogged Everton held Liverpool to a goalless draw.

The Egyptian captain’s disappointing struggles also epitomizes The Reds uninspiring start to the season where they have found the going tough, amassing only seven points in the six weeks old EPL.

Mohamed Salah continued his struggles in the EPL (Photo Credit: LFC)

The stalemate also saw Salah’s goal drought continued as he failed to found the back of the net despite playing the whole 90 minutes.

He managed three shots, one shot on target, made three key passes, with a passing accuracy of just 65.4%.

Wilfred Ndidi – Leicester City

Nigerian midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi had a match to forget as he gave away a soft penalty and was at fault for another goal as Brighton ran riot against the Foxes.

Wilfred Ndidi had a match to forget (Photo Credit: LCFC)

Ndidi can be forgiven as he was played at centre back away from his defensive holding role by Brendan Rodgers but he still had a stinker of a game that did not do his usual high rating any good.

Edouard Mendy – Chelsea

Senegal Afcon winner once again makes the too bad list after his below par performance against West Ham which was epitomised by his dreadful feigned injury which has remained a talking point.

Mendy has come in for strong criticism this season as he yet again failed to keep a clean sheet in the narrow 2-1 victory over the Hammers.

His cause was not helped by the controversy he created which led to a VAR decision that cancelled what would have been the Hammers’ equaliser by Maxwel Cornet.