Norwegian striker of Nigerian heritage, Antoni Eromonsele Nusa, has become the second youngest player to score in the UEFA Champions League when he sealed victory for Club Brugge in their four-nil thumping of FC Porto on Tuesday, in a match day-two encounter.
At 17 years and 149 days, Nusa put his name in history as the all-time second youngest scorer in the UCL, when he came off the bench to add cherry on the puddy for club Brugge, who were cruising over Portuguese side, FC Porto in their backyard.
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After a first half which ended with the visiting team in the driver’s seat, following a Feran Jutgla opening goal, Ghana’s Kamal Sowah increased their tally two minutes into the second half, before Andreas Olsen made it three in the fifty-two minutes as club Brugge sailed on.
Another Nigerian, Raphael Onyedika got a yellow card in the encounter.
Elsewhere At Anfield, Liverpool returned to winning ways with a two-one win over Ajax.
Joel Matip scored in the 89-minute as the Reds earned their first win in the current campaign to move to second on the group A log.
Mohammed Salah had put Liverpool ahead in the seventeenth minute, but the lead lasted only ten minutes, as Mohammed Kudus levelled the score for the visitors.
Elsewhere at the Alianz Arena in Munich, Barcelona striker, Robert Lewandowski fired blank in his reunion with his former club, Bayern Munich.
The German champions, Bayern, defeated their continental arch-rivals, Barcelona two-nil to maintain a perfect start to their campaign.
Leroy Sane sealed victory for the home side four minutes after Lucas Hernandez had opened the scoring, as Bayern dominated play.
In other matches, Inter Milan and Eintracht Frankfurt also recorded away wins.
Inter defeated Victoria, while Frankfurt pipped Marseille by a lone goal.
Action will continue on Wednesday as Rangers face Napoli in a group encounter, AC Milan and Dinamo Zagreb lock horns in Group E while Graham Potter will begin his reign as Chelsea Manager with a date with Salzburg at Stamford Bridge.
Celtics are guests of Shakhtar as defending champions Real Madrid welcomes RB Leipzig to the Bernabeu.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
