30 — Vanguard, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 Nigera Vs Algeria: Dennis replaces injured Onyekuru Nottingham Forest striker Emmanuel Dennis will replace Henry Onyekuru in Nigeria’s squad for the friendly against Algeria after the latter sustained an injury in Adana Demirspor’s 3-0 victory over Antalyaspor on Saturday. Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro named a strong 25-man squad for the September 27 international friendly game against the Foxes of Algeria. However, there have been a few changes to the squad, with Valentine Ozornwafor replacing Leon Balogun. The latest alteration to the team would be Dennis who comes in for Onyekuru. The latter started for Adana Demirspor in their game on Saturday, but he was subbed at halftime because of a knock. Dennis has had a poor start to the season at Nottingham Forest. Since his move from Watford, the former Club Brugge man has played only eleven minutes. Three –time African champions Nigeria and two-time African champions Algeria clash at the 40,000 Stade Olympique in Oran on Tuesday, 27th September, with the invited players expected to confluence in the city of Constantine today, 19th September. Pochettino, Benitez, Dyche among favourites to replace Rodgers at Leicester LEICESTER are being backed to make a move for Mauricio Pochettino or Rafael Benitez if they sack Brendan Rodgers. The Foxes boss is under pressure after losing 6-2 to Tottenham with Leicester bottom of the Premier League. Rodgers has taken responsibility for his team’s slump, which has seen them pick up just one point from seven games and concede 22 goals. With Leicester already in danger of relegation, former Burnley manager Sean Dyche has emerged as the bookies’ favourite to take over. Dyche could offer a short-term solution but the Leicester hierarchy could prefer a manager who will look to play open, expansive football in a similar style to Rodgers - Mauricio Pochettino fits that bill. The former Spurs and PSG boss was also tipped to succeed Tuchel at Chelsea as he eyes a return to the Premier League. •Dennis Former Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa also fits that category and is a frontrunner to take over, while former Liverpool and Real Madrid gaffer Rafa Benitez would offer a safer pair of hands and likely look to shore up the defence as his first priority. Everton 1-0 West Ham Maupay strike eases pressure on Lampard NEAL MAUPAY scored his first goal for Everton to give boss Frank Lampard lift off for the season. Maupay’s classy second-half strike was enough to secure the opening Premier League win of the campaign after seven league games for under-pressure Lampard. And a run of four draws now becomes a run of five matches unbeaten including this important victory, which comes at just CAFCC: Remo Stars crash out, lose 2-1 on aggregate to AS FAR The hope of Nigeria’s representative in the Confederation Cup Remo Stars to progress to the next round of the competition has been dashed. The ‘Sky Blue Boys’ proved the bookmakers wrong last weekend by playing out a 1-1 draw against the Moroccan giant AS FAR. The Nigeria side played host to the second leg yesterday at its home ground in Ikenne but their hope of progressing was dashed after they lost 0-1. They missed numerous scoring chances in the first half and they were out to curtail the attacking threats of the away side to end the half in a goalless. Cameroonian international Joseph scored the winning goal in the 57th minute and ended the hopes of Remo Stars reaching the next round. With the away win, the Moroccan side moved into the next round 2-1 on the aggregate. •Nwaneri CHILD’S PLAY Nwaneri becomes youngest player in Premier League history ARSENAL youngster Ethan Nwaneri has become the youngest ever player to compete in the Premier League at the age of 15. The teenage ace came on for the Gunners against Brentford in the 90th minute as he replaced Fabio Vieira at the Gtech Community Stadium. The Arsenal fans, enjoying being 3-0 up at the time, chanted: “How s*** must you be, he’s only 15.” The whizzkid schoolboy was promoted to first team training this week having made his Under-21 debut at the beginning of September. And the attacking midfielder - who’s yet to sit his GCSEs - earned a spot in Mikel Arteta’s squad with the likes of Martin Odegaard and Emile Smith-Rowe unavailable due to injury. Nwaneri, who was born in March 2007, becomes the youngest player ever to make a Premier League appearance. The record was previously held by Liverpool teenager Harvey Elliott, who was 16 years and 30 days old when he came on for Fulham. the right time ahead of the international break. The three points means Everton climb to 13th place with the kind of dogged performance that former boss David Moyes would have been proud of in his 11 years in charge at Goodison Park. Now in the away dugout with visiting West Ham, he cut a frustrated figure as he watched his team fail to spark and must be worried that confidence is draining out of his underachieving squad. The Hammers hit the post in the second half with a curling shot from sub Said Benrahma but were lightweights up front, even with Everton forced to play 35-yearold Asmir Begovic in goal as cover for injured Jordan Pickford. Brentford 0 Arsenal 3: Vieira stunner seals win as Gunners return to top spot MIKEL ARTETA once again leapfrogged above his old boss at the top of the Premier League table. Quite how long Arsenal can continue this unexpected battle with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City remains to be seen. But Arteta, a former assistant to Guardiola at City, will be absolutely delighted at the way Arsenal swatted away Brentford with such complete ease. Particularly as it came after that first defeat of the season, a 3-1 loss at Manchester United, two weeks earlier. William Saliba, Gabriel Jesus and new signing Fabio Vieira scored the goals in a thoroughly convincing win which came despite playmaker Martin Odegaard having to withdraw after suffering an injury in the warm-up. And so the next fortnight will remain terrific viewing for Arsenal fans. At lunchtime on Saturday October 1, Arteta’s team will be at home to Spurs and it has been some time since the north London derby has featured both teams in the top three. If Arsenal did win the League, it would be second only to Leicester’s title success in terms of a Premier League shock. MANCHESTER UNITED players and staff were hit by a bout of suspected food poisoning following their Europa League victory in Moldova. The group travelled back from their 2- 0 away win against FC Sheriff last Thursday straight after the game on a private plane. But members of the party began to feel unwell on Friday. It is understood up to 12 of the United party were affected. The club is trying to look into whether it was something the group had eaten while in Chisinau or on the plane on the way back. A handful of players missed training on Friday because of it but were ok again But what we do know is that we now have to take Arsenal as serious contenders for the top four. Arsenal’s win here in west London came at the acne of their embarrassing 2-0 loss 13 months ago. On that occasion, the squad had been hit by Covid and here, the squad’s lack of major strength was proved by the arrival of Ethan Nwaneri as a late replacement for Vieira. At the grand age of 15 years and 180 days, he broke the Premier League record . Man Utd stars, staff hit by bout of food poisoning Kwara United football club have advanced to the next round of the CAF Confederations cup following their 3-0 aggregate win over AS Douanes of Niger. Despite the blood sprinkling antics and pressure from the Nigeriens ahead of the second leg tie in Niamey, the Harmony Boys didn’t blink as they showed doggedness and resilience to progress to the next round of the CAF Confederations cup as they held their host to a goalless draw on Sunday evening. Kwara United won the first leg at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena Stadium in Lagos 3-0 courtesy of a brace from Wasiu Jimoh and a goal from Paul Samson which gave them a huge advantage going into the second leg. Just some hours to train Saturday, while others missed Saturday. Those affected who were due on international duty have still been able to join up with their countries. It is not clear how badly the squad would have been affected for their home match against Leeds United had it gone ahead. The match was postponed due to policing issues. The victory in Chisinau put United’s Europa League campaign back on track after losing their Group E opener to Real Sociedad. New boss Erik Ten Hag has now overseen five wins in the Red Devils' last six games. Kwara United dump ‘Juju’ AS Douanes, to face RSB Berkane to kickoff of the second leg at the Stade General Senyi Kountche Stadium, Niamey, some Douanes fans were seen sprinkling blood on the body of Kwara United, a gesture alleged to be a sacrifice to ensure them secure victory but failed gallantly as it ended 0-0 at fulltime. Kwara United will next take on defending champions RSB Berkane of Morocco.
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