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A pair of gameweeks in the Premier League saw a plethora of Nigerians involved for their respective sides.Nonetheless, it was a mixed run of performances and results with Crystal Palace twice losing leads in games against Manchester United and Brentford.In GOAL’s updated power rankings for 2022-23, we assess those who featured in the fourth and fifth rounds of games.<script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script>

Power ranking every single Nigerian player in the Premier League so far this season

The Nottingham Forest attacker made his first couple of appearances off the bench for the Tricky Trees in defeats by Tottenham Hotspur and Wednesday’s 6-0 thrashing at Manchester City, featuring for a combined 53 minutes.

Emmanuel Dennis

Onyeka was an unused substitute against Everton at the weekend but got 22 minutes — his highest in the league this season — in the 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace.A cameo off the bench at Selhurst Park is not enough to see the midfield man rise in our rankings.

Frank Onyeka

The teenager has not played since his commendable league debut against Arsenal in August and was an unused substitute against City and Brentford.He falls a place this week.

Malcolm Ebiowei

Solanke falls despite making his first two appearances of the campaign in the last week.A 45-minute showing in Bournemouth’s 9-0 thrashing at Liverpool preceded a decent outing in a goalless game against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Vitality Stadium.

Dominic Solanke

Olise supplants Ebiowei and Solanke following a strong performance against the Bees where he got on the ball and looked to make things happen.The playmaker completed three of four dribble attempts and was unlucky to not score his first league goal of 2022-23 when his effort came back off the woodwork.It was an encouraging outing and Patrick Vieira will expect consistent showings from the 20-year-old sooner rather than later.

Michael Olise

Came on for the final 35 minutes against 10-man Chelsea and fluffed what could have salvaged a positive result in Leicester City’s 2-1 loss.‘Seniorman’ was introduced for the final 15 minutes of Thursday’s 1-0 loss against Manchester United and inadvertently almost scored at the wrong end to double the visitors’ lead at the King Powe Stadium.

Kelechi Iheanacho

Played the closing stages in Leicester’s Chelsea visit because Brendan Rodgers leaned toward a more progressive approach in midfield at Stamford Bridge.Was re-instated for the visit of Erik ten Hag’s Red Devils, playing at centre-back along with Jonny Evans, and had a relatively encouraging outing.Having said that, an absence of awareness led to United scoring and he intermittently struggled to deal with Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portuguese’s introduction.

Wilfred Ndidi

Dropped to the bench for the 2-0 loss against Spurs and was only introduced at the Etihad Stadium when Forest were 4-0 down.A missed header in second-half stoppage time could not secure a consolation strike for Steve Cooper’s men and Awoniyi drops a spot this week.

Taiwo Awoniyi

Showed the inclination to clear the ball from danger and was quick to recover possession for Fulham in their defeat at Arsenal and win over Brighton &amp; Hove Albion.A pair of decent appearances see the centre-back supplant Awoniyi.

Tosin Adarabioyo

Aribo keeps his spot despite an average showing in Southampton’s defeat by Manchester United where he had a headed effort saved by David De Gea and a cameo in the Saints’ success over Chelsea.With those behind not pulling up trees, the erstwhile Rangers man remains in situ.

Joe Aribo

Without Wilfried Zaha, Eze carried the can as Crystal Palace raced into a 2-0 lead at Manchester City only to lose 4-2.Another commendable outing in Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Brentford before his 75th-minute withdrawal sees the attacking midfielder retain his place.

Eberechi Eze

Iwobi might have been closest to Vitaly Janelt who equalised late on in Everton’s 1-1 draw at Brentford but he recovered from that loss of concentration to register his first Premier League assist of the season at Leeds United.The midfield man’s progressive passing was commendable as well and he remains one of Frank Lampard’s trusted starters.

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