Omar Marmoush scored for Manchester Metropolis in a 2-2 Premier League draw with Brighton on the weekend, then mentioned he was assured of a top-four end and Champions League soccer subsequent season.
“We’ve got to attempt to present our high quality extra, have extra confidence on the ball, maintain the ball extra and simply do what Man Metropolis all the time did, and I feel we will likely be good,” mentioned the Egyptian ahead.
Former European champions Metropolis, who led twice on the Etihad, lie fifth, one level behind Chelsea with 9 rounds remaining. A top-four end ensures participation within the Champions League.
Right here, AFP Sport highlights African headline-makers within the main European leagues:
ENGLAND
OMAR MARMOUSH (Man Metropolis)
Marmoush’s sensible strike took his tally to 4 targets in seven league video games since becoming a member of Metropolis, however was not sufficient for Pep Guardiola’s males to beat Brighton. The Egyptian additionally gained the penalty from which Erling Haaland opened the scoring, however Brighton twice hit again to depart Metropolis nonetheless sweating over qualification for subsequent season’s Champions League.
YOANE WISSA, BRYAN MBEUMO (Brentford)
The mix of Mbeumo and Wissa labored wonders as soon as extra for Brentford in a 2-1 win at Bournemouth. Democratic Republic of Congo striker Wissa headed in Cameroonian Mbeumo’s nook to convey the Bees degree earlier than Christian Norgaard fired within the winner.
PAUL ONUACHU (Southampton)
The 2-metre tall Nigerian got here off the bench to attain his first objective at St Mary’s Stadium for Southampton, however couldn’t forestall a 2-1 loss to Wolves. “We have to do higher as a workforce and individually,” mentioned the 30-year-old ahead after the underside membership suffered a twenty fourth loss in 29 league matches, leaving them 18 factors from security.
SPAIN
CEDRIC BAKAMBU (Actual Betis)
DR Congo striker Bakambu was in the suitable place on the proper time to go residence within the 78th minute throughout Actual Betis’ 3-2 comeback win at Leganes. Together with his workforce trailing by a objective, the 33-year-old reacted nicely after a save to go residence the rebound. It was his first objective in his final six La Liga video games and his second in 18 top-flight appearances this season, primarily as an alternative.
GERMANY
VICTOR BONIFACE (Bayer Leverkusen)
Boniface got here off the bench to make an important contribution in his facet’s comeback 4-3 win at Stuttgart, which saved the Bundesliga title race alive. Subbed on with half an hour remaining, Boniface’s 88th-minute shot was deflected in off Angelo Stiller, levelling the scores. Patrick Schick scored the winner six minutes later, taking defending champions Leverkusen inside six factors of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich with eight video games to play.
FRANCE
MOSTAFA MOHAMED (Nantes)
The Egypt striker got here off the bench to attain a late headed winner as Nantes claimed a valuable 1-0 win over Lille to spice up their hopes of survival in Ligue 1. It was only a fourth league objective this season for Mohamed, however a 3rd in 2025 for a participant who has been named within the Egypt squad for upcoming World Cup qualifying matches towards Ethiopia and Sierra Leone.
FRANK MAGRI (Toulouse)
Magri scored an early objective to place Toulouse forward, however that would not forestall his facet dropping 2-1 at Strasbourg. The 25-year-old France-born Cameroon ahead has now discovered the web in 4 consecutive video games, having beforehand not scored all season. Magri has been included within the Cameroon squad for World Cup qualifiers towards Eswatini and Libya this month.
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