Nuno Tavares vs Napoli
Nuno Tavares vs Napoli
Nuno Tavares returned to the Lazio line-up with a bang as he helped Lazio keep a clean sheet in a 1-0 victory against high-flying Napoli.
After sustaining an injury on international duty with Portugal, Nuno had missed the last four games but returned to the starting XI for the crunch fixture at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
In a tight contest, Nuno had a hand in the winning goal, dribbling out of his own box before finding Tijjani Noslin who set up Gustav Isaksen to curl home a sensational winner.
Nuno made way in the 93rd minute for Samuel Gigot as Lazio held on to move up to fifth in the Serie A standings.
"Happy to be back with an amazing win," Nuno said on Instagram after the game.
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In the Barclays Women's Super League, Michelle Agyemang provided an assist in Brighton's defeat at defending champions Chelsea.
After coming on as a second half substitute, the attacker chased down goalkeeper Hannah Hampton's clearance, which fell into the path of Kiko Seike who slotted home to cut the deficit to 3-2.
But the Seagulls could not complete the comeback as Sjoeke Nusken scored her second of the afternoon in stoppage time to make it 4-2 to Chelsea.
Karl Hein's Real Valladolid suffered an 11th defeat of the LaLiga campaign with a narrow 2-1 loss against Las Palmas.
The Estonian international was kept busy at Estadio de Gran Canaria but a Sandro Ramirez double ensured Valladolid remained at the bottom of the LaLiga table.
In Portugal, Fabio Vieira played 81 minutes in FC Porto's 1-1 draw at Famalicao. Oscar Aranda gave the hosts a shock lead before Samuel Aghehowa levelled.
Back in England, Charles Sagoe Jr was a second half substitute as Shrewsbury Town suffered a 4-1 defeat at Cambridge United.
Charles came on for Tommi O'Reilly in the 77th minute with the match already at 4-1. The result keeps Shrewsbury in 24th place, eight points adrift of safety.
In the Women's FA Cup, Teyah Goldie helped London City Lionesses advance to the fourth round in a 4-0 victory over Gwalia United.
The defender played 45 minutes before coming off as a substitute at half-time with the score at 2-0. London City are now in the hat for Monday's draw, which we will also feature in.
Not in the matchday squad
Albert Sambi Lokonga (Sevilla)
Marquinhos (Fluminense)
Reiss Nelson (Fulham)
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