Best Africans from the weekend: Salah and Keita step up for Liverpool

The 2019/ 20 season has been an exciting one for football fans. The fans were enjoyed another great weekend of football action, with the continuation of the 2019/20 Premier League, Laliga and Serie A campaigns.

While Sadio Mane has so often been the talisman for Premier League leaders Liverpool this season, this last weekend saw Naby Keita and Mohamed Salah step up in the Senegalese player’s absence and score a goal apiece as the Reds romped to a 3-0 win away to Bournemouth.

The goal was a particularly important one for Keita, who will hope to establish himself in the team’s line-up over the next few weeks when manager Jurgen Klopp will have to juggle commitments across the Premier League, Carabao Cup, UEFA Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup and the FA Cup.

In Laliga, the African duo of Djene Dakonam and Allan Nyom continue to do great defensive work for Getafe, who won 1-0 away to Eibar on Sunday afternoon to climb to fifth place on the table – ahead of the likes of Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid and Valencia.

Dakonam and Nyom can next be seen in Laliga action on Sunday 15 December when Real Valladolid visit the Coliseum Alfonso Perez satdium.

The top Africans in Serie A were on show in the thrilling clash between Bologna and AC Milan at Stadio Renato Dall’ara on Sunday night. Ivorian Franck Kessie and Algerian Ismael Bennacer were key men in the midfield as the Rossoneri claimed a 3-2 away win which lifted them into the top half of the table and eased some of the pressure on Stefano Pioli.