There were a few goals credited to Ghanaian players plying their trade in Europe yet still a host of them contributed positively to their team’s success over the weekend.
Matthew Amoah, Eric Sackey were on the scorecards as Stephen Appiah continued to play his way into the Fenerbahce team after spells on the sidelines due to injury.
Ghana defender, John Painstil played first his premiership game of the season for West Ham as he came on a late substitute for the Hammers on Sunday.
The 1-1 drawn game against Bolton was Painstil’s first for the Hammers after 11 games when he was introduced into the game with five minutes of play remaining.
This was John Painstil’s second consecutive game on the field for the Hammers after playing more minutes for the London club’s win in the Carling Cup on Wednesday.
Sulley Muntari helped Portsmouth to a 4-2 win against Newcastle. Muntari who was a doubt for the game due to a suspected hamstring injury was taken off with four minutes to go.
In another English premiership game, Michael Essien helped Chelsea to yet another win as the Stamford Bridge side moved to third on the table with a 2-0 win over Wigan away.
Black Stars captain, Stephen Appiah eased his way into the Fenerbahce team from injury after coming off the bench in their 2-1 home win over Besiktas.
Matthew Amoah’s only goal for NAC Breda against FC Utrecht left Francis Dickoh’s team still searching for their first home win of the season.
Eric Sackey’s attempts at bringing back FC Olimpia into contention for a home win failed as they went down 1-4 to Dacia Chisinau in Moldova.
Bennard Yao Kumordzi had 82 minute of play below his belt for Panionios in their 1-1 draw with Ergotelis in the Greek Hellenic league.