Italians Abroad: Ogbonna and Pelle impress on Super Sunday

The first weekend of Premier League football has seen Italian players grab all the headlines for impressive performances for their clubs.

Matteo Darmian was named Man of the match in Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur and fellow Italians Graziano Pelle and Angelo Ogbonna continued the trend for their clubs today.

Graziano Pelle scored his first Premier League goal of the season as Southampton drew 2-2 away to Newcastle.

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The Italian International played the full 90 minutes for the Saints and dominated the aerial battle against the Newcastle defence.

He received a rating of 7.92 from WhoScored™ 

Rewarded ourselves with just 1pnt. We deserved more however again a great team performance and happy to make my goal http://pic.twitter.com/SFRqTtdMzL

— Graziano Pellè (@GPelle19) August 9, 2015

 

At the Emirates Stadium Angelo Ogbonna made his Premier League debut for West Ham United as they faced Title contenders Arsenal.

 

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The former Juventus defender put in an excellent performance alongside his team-mates in defence as the Irons pulled off a shock 2-0 victory over the Gunners.

Ogbonna played the full 90 minutes for West Ham, making 8 clearences, 4 succesful tackles and 1 crucial interception.

Ogbonna got a rating of 7.5 from WhoScored™ 

Ogbonna. Hammers will love him. Proper central defender who’s aggressive, reads the game well and leads his line. @talkSPORT ON AIR LIVE

— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) August 9, 2015

Esordio trionfale in Premier in uno stadio cult: quando la realtà supera i sogni! Che atmosfera, che emozioni, che @whufc_official! #ARSWHU

— Angelo Ogbonna (@OgbonnaOfficial) August 9, 2015

Epic debut in the Premier League in a special stadium like Emirates Stadium; when reality exceeds the dreams!

 

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