Nottingham Forest and Nigeria international Ola Aina has been included in the BBC Premier League Team of the Week.
The list was compiled by former Watford captain Troy Deeney.
Aina was instrumental as he put in a five-star display to help Nottingham Forest defeat Brentford 2-0 away in the English topflight last weekend.
His Nigerian teammate Taiwo Awoniyi also featured and marked his impressive performance by scoring Forest’s second goal.
Commenting on the performance of Aina, Deeney said:”The Brentford team he faced are well known for getting crosses in from the wide areas. I thought he defended excellently at the far post in Forest’s 2-0 win, cleared everything. He was good at dealing with how people tried to run at him. He offered a lot going forward, too.”
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Also in the Team of the Week are:Emiliano Martinez (Aston), Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa), Marc Guehi (Manchester City), Jorge Cuenca (Fulham), Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa).
Others are Ibrahim Sangare (Nottingham Forest) and Emiliano Buendia (Aston Villa), Patrick Dorgu (Manchester United)Estevao Willian (Chelsea) and Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest).
Aina was not part of the Super Eagles that featured at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco due to injury.
The Super Eagles went on to win the bronze medal after overcoming Egypt 4-2 on penalties after 90 minutes ended goalless.
By James Agberebi
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We Missed you and Fredericks at AFCON I have no doubt if you both were fit, and Ndidi not injured for the Semi’s against Morocco, Nigeria May have lifted this title
But Osayi Samuel was a beast in the last Afcon.You reckon Aina would have done better?