In the English Premier League, Jeffrey Schlupp played 79 minutes in the 2-1 away defeat to Aston Villa after starting the game for his Leicester City side.

Jose Leonardo Ulloa scored the first goal of the game for Leicester but goals from Ciaran Clark and Alan Hutton saw Aston Villa come back to claim all three points.

Schlupp received a yellow card booing in the defeat for Leicester City.

Richmond Boakye Yiadom, after scoring a brace to qualify Atalanta to the next round of the Coppa Italia in midweek did not play a part in the league game against Cesena on Sunday.

Atalanta who were playing at home came back from two goals down to win 3-2 against Cesena in the Italian Serie A.

Michael Essien and Sulley Muntari all missed AC Milan’s 1-0 defeat away at Genoa in the Italian Serie A. Luca Antonelli scored the only goal of the game that denied AC Milan of taking anything from their away fixture.

Afriyie Acquah came on as a 69 minute substitute for Parma in the Italian Serie A as his side lost at home 2-1 to Lazio.

The Ghanaian player who replaced Daniele Galloppa got a yellow card booking two minutes to the end of regular time.

In the French Ligue 1, Jonathan Mensah was not involved for his Evian Thonon Gaillard side as they were beaten 3-2 at home by Lyon.

Danny Amankwaa was on the scoresheet for FC Koebenhavn in the Denmark League as his home side won convincingly by three goals to nil against FC Midtjylland.

The Ghanaian who scored the second goal of the fixture played in the entire duration of the game for Koebenhavn.