Nigerian Cyriel Dessers, a striker, scored for Glasgow Rangers, helping them win 3-1 against Hibernian at Ibrox on Saturday, placing the Gers at the top of the Scottish Premiership again. PUNCH Sports Extra.
Dessers scored for Rangers to put them ahead after Maolida equalised for the visitors.
The 29-year-old has scored 13 goals in 27 SPL games this season, making it a total of 17 goals in 44 games across all competitions.
With an upcoming Old Firm derby, Phillippe Clement’s team is leading Celtic by two points, who will have played a game more when they travel to Livingston on Sunday.
They are counting on the Nigeria international to keep up his good form in scoring during the derby.
In the Bundesliga, Nathan Tella assisted a 91st-minute Patrik Schick winner as Bayer Leverkusen secured a dramatic 2-1 comeback win over Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Robert Andrich scored for the league leaders in the 88th minute to cancel out Maximilian Beier’s opener.
Patrik Schick secured the turnaround with Tella providing the cross, marking Leverkusen's 23rd win in 27 league games and their 39th consecutive unbeaten game this season, a record for any German team.
Leverkusen are leading by 13 points over Bayern Munich, who lost 2-0 to Borussia Dortmund, putting Leverkusen in a good position to claim their first league title with seven games left in the season.
In the Premier League, Alex Iwobi, Calvin Bassey and Ola Aina did not secure wins with their respective teams on Saturday.
Aina played for 84 minutes in Nottingham Forest’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace. Harry Toffolo replaced him. Aina has played 15 EPL games this season and scored once so far.
Iwobi's 245th EPL game ended in a 3-3 draw, with Fulham against Sheffield United. Iwobi played for 74 minutes before being replaced by Tom Cairney, who was named the most valuable player of the match for his impact.
Bassey was cautioned in additional time of the game.
In Italy, Ademola Lookman came on for Gianluca Scamacca in the 64th minute as Atalanta defeated Napoli 3-0 in a Serie A game on Saturday, widening the gap for Champions League qualification.
Goals from Aleksei Miranchuk, Scamacca and Teun Koopmeiners led Atalanta to their first league victory in five games as they moved up to 50 points, securing sixth place.
Osimhen will miss the next Serie A game after receiving his fifth booking of the season.
He got booked for dissent, showing his frustration on a difficult day. Napoli continues to struggle as they were outplayed in front of their fans.
As a result, he will miss the next week’s trip to Monza due to a one-match ban for accumulating five cautions.
Napoli are in seventh place, trailing by five points and having played one more game.
