Africans Abroad: Adams, Marmoush, Sarr and Guirassy paint Europe with goals

[h2][b]England[/b][/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/minteh-yankuba/0Kp8MqA5/"]Yankuba Minteh[/a] capped an impressive performance with a late goal as Brighton & Hove Albion strengthened their push for European qualification with a dominant 3-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers. [/p][p]The Seagulls raced into an early lead through headers from Jack Hinshelwood and captain Lewis Dunk inside the opening five minutes at the Amex Stadium.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gambia/dE3tNsKT/"]Gambia[/a] international Minteh sealed the win in the 86th minute, delighting home supporters and giving manager Fabian Hurzeler the perfect celebration after signing a new contract. [/p][p]The result lifted Brighton to seventh, although they remain two points behind Bournemouth in the race for Europe.[/p][embed guid="2928c390-33e8-420d-9c35-fb2befab3b07" url="https://x.com/OfficialBHAFC/status/2053391391120617888" social-type="twitter" /][p]Elsewhere, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marmoush-omar/44pYRYIC/"]Omar Marmoush[/a] rounded off a dominant night for Manchester City with a late goal in their 3-0 victory over Brentford at the Etihad Stadium. [/p][p]The Egyptian forward calmly finished after being set up by Erling Haaland, sealing an important win that moved the Citizens closer to Premier League leaders Arsenal.[/p][p]Jeremy Doku broke the deadlock with a superb strike before Haaland added a second as Pep Guardiola’s men stretched their unbeaten league run to 13 matches. [/p][p]The Bees battled well early on, with Caoimhín Kelleher making several key saves, but City eventually proved too strong.[/p][embed guid="f884d616-837e-4eab-8366-d56a75a2fda3" url="https://x.com/ManCity/status/2053182026157539741" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sarr-ismaila/ll2uTDkB/"]Ismaila Sarr[/a] and Beto played central roles in an entertaining 2-2 draw between Crystal Palace and Everton at Selhurst Park. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/senegal/I7kK6QSe/"]Senegal[/a] international Sarr inspired the Eagles’ comeback, scoring the equaliser after lively interplay with Daniel Munoz and later producing a vital goal-line clearance before nearly snatching victory late on.[/p][p]Guinea-Bissau’s Beto responded brilliantly for the Toffees early in the second half, showing composure to restore the visitors’ lead with his ninth Premier League goal of the season. [/p][p]However, Palace refused to back down and eventually levelled through Jean-Philippe Mateta, leaving David Moyes men’s hopes of European qualification hanging by a thread. [/p][image alt="Ismaila Sarr" id="060252e2-a088-4435-9e80-10fc4b3e4ad8" credit-line="Daniel Weir/Sports Press Photo / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia" guid="f6f0091a-81d8-4f06-8d7a-8a92f6c93473" original-width="1400" original-height="914" /][h2][b]Spain[/b][/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adams-akor/nks9eiQ4/"]Akor Adams[/a] emerged as Sevilla’s hero with a stunning late winner in a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory over Espanyol at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium. [/p][p]With the Red and Whites battling to avoid relegation, the Nigeria international struck in added time, curling a powerful effort into the bottom corner after capitalising on tired defending.[/p][p]Espanyol had taken the lead through Tyrhys Dolan after a tense first half, but when the hosts thought they had equalised earlier through Alexis Sanchez, the goal was ruled out for offside. [/p][p]Luis Garcia’s men eventually levelled when Andres Castrin made amends for his earlier mistake before Adams completed the turnaround to hand Sevilla a boost in their survival fight.[/p][embed guid="0981347f-3f0a-4461-8da2-ddfbd57a6c61" url="https://x.com/SevillaFC_ENG/status/2053156534675255748" social-type="twitter" /][p]In another Spanish top-flight fixture, Karl Etta Eyong scored Levante’s winner in a thrilling 3-2 comeback victory over 10-man Osasuna. [/p][p]The Cameroonian striker perfectly ended his long goal drought, diving to head home after coming off the bench late in the match.[/p][p]Levante had trailed 2-0 early after an own goal from Jeremy Toljan and a strike by Ante Budimir. [/p][p]However, Victor Garcia scored twice to level the game before Etta Eyong’s late intervention boosted the Frog’s survival hopes in the relegation battle.[/p][embed guid="889bad90-bbbb-4691-8b81-ca251c475909" url="https://x.com/LevanteUD/status/2052854968340680876" social-type="twitter" /][p]Elsewhere, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sadiq-umar/UsKF9Yzn/"]Umar Sadiq[/a] made the difference as Valencia secured a valuable 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao at San Mames. [/p][p]Introduced in the second half, the Nigerian quickly made his impact, powering home a header after a swift counter-attack to hand his team their first victory in the Basque Country in 16 attempts.[/p][p]Despite pressure from Athletic, Valencia defended strongly, with captain Jose Gaya leading the resistance. [/p][p]The win moved them five points clear of the relegation zone as Athletic’s hopes of qualifying for European football suffered a massive setback with only three matches remaining.[/p][h2][b]Italy[/b][/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/okereke-david/Mgh0KIVu/"]David Okereke[/a] capped a key night for Cremonese with a late goal in their crucial 3-0 victory over nine-man Pisa. [/p][p]The Nigerian showed great skill by dribbling past a defender before finishing from a tight angle to seal the win and boost Cremonese’s survival hopes.[/p][p]Earlier, Jamie Vardy ended his long goal drought with the opener before Federico Bonazzoli added a second. [/p][p]Pisa’s problems worsened after red cards for Rosen Bozhinov, and Loyola left them with nine men.[/p][image alt="David Okereke" id="3f7f59a8-fc72-48fc-a163-575d7c06fc02" credit-line="LaPresse / Sipa USA / Profimedia" guid="2d5a609c-f2ae-4bd4-80fd-baac92ff5ac3" original-width="1400" original-height="990" /][p]Also, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gueye-idrissa/KfISm8Cd/"]Idrissa Gueye[/a] sealed an important 2-0 victory for Udinese against Cagliari with a late goal after being set up by Keinan Davis. [/p][p]Udinese produced a disciplined second-half display to secure the win at Unipol Domus after a balanced first half.[/p][p]Cagliari started brightly and created several chances through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/folorunsho-michael/4GK1zMhd/"]Michael Folorunsho[/a] and Sebastiano Esposito, but lacked composure in front of goal. [/p][p]Udinese eventually broke through when Adam Buksa finished from close range before the 19-year-old Senegalese wrapped up the result late on to complete a solid away performance.[/p][h2][b]Germany[/b][/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guirassy-serhou/YXRCmup6/"]Serhou Guirassy[/a] inspired Borussia Dortmund to a 3-2 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt as they secured second place in the Bundesliga.[/p][p]After Frankfurt took an early lead through Can Uzun, the Guinean sparked the hosts’ comeback with a close-range finish from Julian Ryerson’s cross.[/p][p]Nico Schlotterbeck and Samuele Inacio added further goals to put Dortmund in control before Jonathan Burkardt scored late for the visitors. [/p][p]The win strengthened the hosts’ strong league finish while damaging Frankfurt’s hopes of qualifying for Europe.[/p][embed guid="7eb5f47a-9567-4620-a932-8b7c34628a3a" url="https://x.com/BlackYellow/status/2052832532685578445" social-type="twitter" /][image alt="Shina Oludare" id="77f4edee-493b-45e2-b24b-0d9a1e05766a" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="2c975ed8-bf90-4799-a918-cfb77d68d3af" original-width="1200" original-height="381" /]