African players in Europe: Mohamed Salah battles Harry Kane for Golden Boot

Egypts Mohamed Salah goes into the final two rounds of the Premier League season as joint top scorer with Harry Kane on 22 goals in the Golden Boot race Both scored at the weekend with Salah equalising for Liverpool in their dramatic 21 stoppagetime victory at West Bromwich Albion Nigerian Simy became only the second African after Samuel Etoo to score 20 goals in a Serie A season by levelling for alreadyrelegated Crotone in a 11 draw with BeneventoHere AFP Sport rounds up the performances of Africans in the major European leaguesEngland Mohamed Salah Liverpool The twotime African Footballer of the Year fired in a brilliant finish off the inside of the post to get Liverpool level as the Reds kept their chances of a topfour finish in their own hands Said Benrahma West Ham Benrahma grabbed his first Premier League goal late on in a 11 draw at Brighton but it was too little too late for the Hammers hopes of a Champions League place next seasonThe Algerian curled in from the edge of the box three minutes from time Wilfred Ndidi Kelechi Iheanacho Leicester Nigerians Ndidi and Iheanacho both started as Leicester won the FA Cup for the first time with a 10 win over Chelsea in front of 22000 fans at Wembley Ndidi played a starring role in midfield as the Foxes held the Champions League finalists at bayItaly Simy Crotone Nigerian Simy got his 20th goal this season for alreadyrelegated Crotone scoring deep in injury time to snatch a 11 draw against Benevento The 29yearold matched his tally from last season which had helped the southerners to topflight promotion Ive been in Italy for five years and having the best moment of my career said Simy Jeremie Boga Sassuolo Ivory Coast midfielder Boga fired in the third goal for Sassuolo in a 31 win over Parma his fourth league goal this season for the eighthplaced side Mbala Nzola Spezia Angolan striker Nzola scored in each half including from the penalty spot and missed the chance for a third in a 41 win for Spezia over Torino which guaranteed the winners another season in Serie AGermany Amadou HaidaraLeipzig The Malian midfielder came on at halftime with hosts Leipzig 20 down to Wolfsburg After Justin Kluivert pulled a goal back Haidara won a penalty which Leipzig converted to equalise 12 minutes from time The 22 draw clinched second place for Leipzig behind Bayern Munich Amine Harit Salif SaneSchalke Moroccan attacking midfielder Harit won an early penalty which Schalke converted at the second attempt in a stunning 43 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt After the visitors equalised Senegal centreback Sane headed the ball into his net to put Eintracht 21 up However already relegated Schalke roared back to triumph and deprive Eintracht of Champions League football next seasonFrance Yoane Wissa Lorient DR Congo attacker Wissa fired home the opening penalty in a 21 win over Metz which ensured that his team will not be automatically relegated from Ligue 1 this season and giving them a chance to stay in the top flight after being promoted last campaign The 24yearolds team are one point above the relegation playoff position with one match remaining thanks in part to his 10th league goal of the campaign Islam SlimaniI Lyon Algeria international Slimani bagged just his third goal of the Ligue 1 season when he scored the fifth in Lyons 52 mauling of Nimes two minutes from time The win leaves Lyon one point off the Champions League positions heading into the final round of fixtures next weekendThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever