African players in Europe: Salah celebrates return with goal
Egypt captain Mohamed Salah made a spectacular return to the Premier League at the weekend, creating a goal then scoring for table-topping Liverpool in a 4-1 victory at Brentford.
The prolific scorer suffered a hamstring injury against Ghana in the group stage of the Africa Cup of Nations last month, which sidelined him for four weeks.
Salah has scored 15 league goals this season, one less than chart-topper Erling Haaland from Manchester City.
Here, AFP Sport highlights African headline-makers in the major European leagues:
ENGLAND
TAIWO AWONIYI (Nottingham Forest)
The Nigerian scored his sixth goal this season to help seal a valuable 2-0 win against West Ham. Awoniyi netted with a fine finish five minutes into first half stoppage time to put Forest on course for a victory that moved them five points clear of the relegation zone.
MOHAMED SALAH (Liverpool)
Salah was playing for Liverpool for the first time since New Year's Day as he came off the bench to replace the injured Diogo Jota. He made up for lost time with his 19th goal in all competitions this term, a composed strike in the 68th minute to put Liverpool three up after earlier setting up a goal for Alexis Mac Allister.
ANTOINE SEMENYO (Bournemouth)
The Ghana midfielder scored for the first time in 12 games dating back to early December as Bournemouth drew 2-2 at Newcastle. With the game level at 1-1, Semenyo struck with a ferocious strike from the corner of the penalty area in the 69th minute.
ITALY
OUSSAMA EL AZZOUZI (Bologna)
The midfielder put Morocco's last 16 exit at the Cup of Nations behind him by scoring in Bologna's 2-1 win at Lazio. El Azzouzi equalised in the 39th minute when Giovanni Fabbian took advantage of a defensive mix-up and set up the Moroccan
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