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Allnigeriasoccer.com<\/strong>‘s round-up of Nigeria-eligible players that were in action for their respective clubs in the English Premier League on Wednesday, December 27.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 2-1 with four players of Nigerian descent named in the matchday squads.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 2021 Super Eagles invitee Michael Olise<\/strong>, a product of the Chelsea academy, started and was in action for the entire duration of the game, while teammates David Ozoh<\/strong> and Tayo Adaramola <\/strong>were non-playing substitutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Both teams were level at the break as Olise canceled out\u00a0Mykhailo Mudryk’s thirteenth minute opener.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The France U21 international was a real threat all evening and was rewarded with a goal in the first minute of first half stoppage time when he lashed the ball past the goalkeeper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n Crystal Palace academy product Madueke won a spot kick and had the coolness to dispatch it in the 89th minute to put Chelsea 2-1 up.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Lesley Ugochukwu<\/strong> and Carney Chukwuemeka<\/strong> missed out through injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n At the\u00a0Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford boss Thomas Frank could not count on the services of Frank Onyeka <\/strong>as his side were thrashed 4-1 by Wolverhampton Wanderers.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The Super Eagles midfielder was ineligible to face Wolves due to disciplinary reasons having picked up his fifth caution of the season against Aston Villa on December 17.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Michael Olakigbe<\/strong> replaced Brentford’s goalscorer\u00a0Yoane Wissa with four minutes of regulation time remaining.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Mario Lemina, Hwang Hee-chan (2) and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde were the scorers for Wolverhampton Wanderers.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ifeanyi Emmanuel\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Photo Credit: chelseafc.com<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nIn pursuit of a winning goal, Mauricio Pochettino made a couple of changes in the 71st minute, one of which saw Noni Madueke<\/strong> introduced as a replacement for Christopher Nkunku.<\/p>\n
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