While two of our loan rangers were on the scoresheet and others impressed, there was bad news for Bruno Zuculini, who suffered a broken metatarsal and has returned to Manchester.
The 22-year-old only joined Greek outfit AEK Athens three weeks ago and sustained the injury in training. We wish him a speedy recovery.
In brighter news, both Divine Naah and debutant Enes Unal found the net for NEC Breda in their 5-0 triumph over Fortuna Sittard.
1-0!! DIVINE NAAH! #NACpraat #NACfor
— NAC Breda (@NACnl) February 19, 2016
Debuteren en scoren: dan heb je reden tot juichen! #NACpraat #NACfor @EnesUnal16 pic.twitter.com/GCuW7Qs6Aq
— NAC Breda (@NACnl) February 19, 2016
Elsewhere, Patrick Roberts made his senior debut for Celtic, coming on as a substitute for Gary Mackay-Steven.
The winger almost marked his first appearance for the Bhoys first-team with a goal but saw his shot blocked. He did have a foot in his side’s third goal though, executing a nifty flick to Scott Allan. The ball then found its way to Leigh Griffiths, who drilled into the bottom corner.
Paradise 🙌🏻 glad to make my debut 👍🏻🍀💚 pic.twitter.com/ro9uFsxuK5
— Patrick Roberts (@patrick7roberts) February 20, 2016
South of the border, goalkeeper Ian Lawlor earned praise from the Bury supporters following Saturday’s 5-2 win over Colchester. The shot-stopper produced a fine stop when the Shakers were 2-0 down and the home side spurred to turn the game on its head.
@Ianlawlor @ATutte @buryfcofficial cracking stop when we were 2-0 down. Kept us in it!
— Curt Smith (@Smithycurt) February 20, 2016
In the division above, Shay Facey was not included in the Rotherham squad which fell to a 2-0 defeat at Burnley.
Meanwhile, over in Holland, Jack Byrne completed 90 minutes of Cambuur’s trip to FC Twente, but couldn’t prevent his side from falling to a 3-0 defeat.
Thomas Agyepong was named on the bench for the hosts but did not feature.
In France, Seko Fofana and Bastia saw their Ligue 1 clash against Nantes postponed due to a threat of political violence. The game will be played on 9 March.
Meanwhile, Yaw Yeboah was not involved as Lille secured a 1-0 win over Lyon.
Elsewhere, in Spain, none of City’s loanees featured for Girona in their 1-1 draw with Real Oviedo, but there was some good news as Pablo Maffeo received a call-up to the Spain under-19s squad for their upcoming encounter with Serbia.
Congratulations, Pablo!
A photo posted by Pablo maffeo (@pablomaffeo) on
In other news, Jason Denayer was an unused substitute in Galatasaray’s win over Trabzonspor - as was Olivier Ntcham for Genoa in their 2-1 victory against Udinese.
Finally, Anthony Caceres missed Melbourne City’s victory over the Central Coast Mariners through suspension.
