PARISRiyad Mahrez at Manchester City and Mbaye Niang at Rennes scored key goals for their high-flying teams while Seko Fofana at Udinese and Watford's Ismaila Sarr gave their struggling sides hope. RIYAD MAHREZ (Manchester City)'Beware the return of the ex' runs an old football saying and it proved correct when the Algerian scored City's equaliser in an eventual 3-1 win over former club Leicester. MBAYE NIANG (Rennes)The Senegal attacker sent his side to third in the table with a late winner at home to Bordeaux. HICHAM BOUDAOUI (Nice)The Algeria African Cup of Nations winner, 20, was one of three goalscorers as Nice hammered bottom-side Toulouse. SEKO FOFANA (Udinese)The Ivory Coast international scored Udinese's winner in a 2-1 home victory over Cagliari to help ease his team's relegation fears.

Source: Daily Nation December 23, 2019 13:18 UTC