Nestory Irankunda’s wait for his maiden Sporting Lisbon has extended after having a goal disallowed in Sporting Lisbon’s victory over Moreirense in the Portugal’s Primeira Liga.
Irankunda started and played 63 minutes in Sporting 1-0 home victory on Saturday.
Irankunda was involved heavily in numerous Sporting attacking thrusts, including lashing a 45th minute effort at goal, which was cleared off the line.
The Socceroo thought he’d scored in the 48th minute when he rifled a shot into the bottom-right corner, only for an offside to be called in the lead-up.
Patrick Beach was once again relegated to the bench, with his replacement starring in Troyes’ 1-0 loss away to PSG in France’s Ligue 1.
Beach has been deputy for Troyes’ past three games, with Hillel Konate preferred and he was excellent against the French champions, making six saves in a narrow defeat.
Lucas Herrington was a 69th minute substitute, replacing the injured Semi Ajayi, in Hull City’s 1-0 loss away to Arsenal in the English Premier League.
Herrington was rated 6/10 by Hull Daily Mail who wrote: “A tough baptism of fire, coming on moments before the opening goal. Looked confident, and another useful outing in the Premier League for the teenager.”
In the Championship, Alex Robertson redeemed himself after an own goal with an excellent strike for a 94th minute winner in Cardiff City’s come-from-behind 5-4 win over Burnley.
Robertson put the ball in his own net in the 62nd minute, putting Burnley 4-1 up, before lashing in a last-gasp winner with a shot from outside the box.
Robertson was rated 8/10 by Wales Online who wrote: “Had the misfortune of seeing a cross deflect off him and into his own net to make it 4-1, but what a way to redeem himself! An absolute thunderbolt in stoppage time to win one of the most extraordinary games this stadium has witnessed.”
In Italy’s Serie A, Cristian Volpato missed Sassuolo’s 3-0 loss at AS Roma with a fresh muscle injury. It’s unclear how long he’ll be sidelined at this stage.
Cameron Peupion played 20 minutes off the bench and got an assist in ADO Den Haag’s 3-1 win over Sparta Rotterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Kasey Bos started and played 79 minutes for Excelsior in a 1-0 home defeat to Go Ahead Eagles.
Jacob Italiano returned from injury to score for Graz AK in a 2-1 loss to Lustenau in Austria’s Bundesliga.
After missing the past two games, Italiano started and played the full 90, scoring in the ninth minute.
Marco Tilio made a rare start and got another assist in Austria Vienna’s 6-0 win over Wolfsberger.
In USA’s MLS, Patrick Yazbek got a classy assist in Nashville’s 2-0 win at Cincinnati. Yazbek laid off the pass for Sam Surridge’s 86th minute strike.
