Egyptian Mohamed Elneny broke a 64-match English Premier League goal drought since joining Arsenal five years ago by scoring in a 2-0 win over Newcastle at the weekend.
The 28-year-old midfielder needed only six minutes at St James Park to end his barren run and Gabon captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang doubled the lead midway through the second half.
Victory snapped a three-game winless streak by Arsenal ahead of a Europa League semifinal second leg against Villarreal at the Emirates on Thursday.
Here, Supersport.com rounds up the performances of Africans in the major European leagues:
Elneny, who joined the Gunners from Swiss club Basle in 2016, said he had been thinking a lot recently about scoring in the Premier League. “I had scored in the Champions League and Europa League, but not in the Premier League,” he told the club website. When Aubameyang missed his kick from Hector Bellerin’s cross, the ball rolled to Elneny on the edge of the area and he drilled a low strike past Martin Dubravka.
Credit: supersport.com
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