{"id":42095,"date":"2024-08-20T01:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T01:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=42095"},"modified":"2024-08-20T01:09:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T01:09:00","slug":"fatawu-issahaku-shines-on-premier-league-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/fatawu-issahaku-shines-on-premier-league-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatawu Issahaku shines on Premier League debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ghana&#8217;s Fatawu Issahaku opened his Premier League campaign with a sumptuous assist for Leicester City against Tottenham.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a game that saw both teams share the spoils at the King Power Sports Stadium. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaharaFootball\/status\/1825651291848323377<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Head coach Steve Cooper rewarded the youngster with his first league appearance which he didn\u2019t disappoint as he assisted Jamie Vardy\u2019s equalizer with a well-taken cross on 58 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"We paid GBC $3m for All African Games coverage \u2013 Mustapha Ussif\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/we-paid-gbc-3m-for-all-african-games-coverage-mustapha-ussif\/\">We paid GBC $3m for All African Games coverage \u2013 Mustapha Ussif<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The goal canceled out Pedro Porro\u2019s first-half goal in the 29th minute. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fatawu was instrumental in <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">aiding<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Leicester City <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">to<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> secure promotion to the Premiership and <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">will hope<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to continue his fine form with the English club.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Ghana midfielder Salis Abdul Samed demoted to RC Lens\u2019 reserve team\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ghana-midfielder-salis-abdul-samed-demoted-to-rc-lens-reserve-team\/\">Ghana midfielder Salis Abdul Samed demoted to RC Lens\u2019 reserve team<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Leicester will face Fulham at the Craven Cottage for game week two of the<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Premier League fixture.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana&#8217;s Fatawu Issahaku opened his Premier League campaign with a sumptuous assist for Leicester City against Tottenham. In a game that saw both teams share the spoils at the King Power Sports Stadium. https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaharaFootball\/status\/1825651291848323377 &nbsp; Head coach Steve Cooper rewarded the youngster with his first league appearance which he didn\u2019t disappoint as he assisted Jamie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":42096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417,3347],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghplayersabroad"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fatawu-issahaku.png?fit=670%2C470&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-aWX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40436,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/abdul-fatawu-issahaku-scores-as-leicester-defeat-sheffield-wednesday\/","url_meta":{"origin":42095,"position":0},"title":"Abdul Fatawu Issahaku scores as Leicester defeat Sheffield Wednesday","author":"Selasi Fiawoyi","date":"February 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Abdul Fatawu Issahaku scores as Leicester defeat Sheffield Wednesday Abdul Fatawu Issahaku scored his third goal of the season for Leicester City in the English Championship on Tuesday, helping them to a 2-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday. 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