EPL: Aribo wins battle of Naija boys as Arsenal go top 

Joe Aribo had the last laugh in the battle of Naija boys in the Premier League on Saturday.

Despite not scoring for Southampton in their clash away against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, Aribo was on the winning side, unlike his compatriots who either recorded draws or who suffered defeats in Saturday's games.

Aribo, who returned to the Saints starting lineup, was in action for 88 minutes before making way for Lyanco after being booked for a foul moments earlier.

At the end, the former Rangers star smiled away with all three points in the kitty as Southampton picked a vital 2-1 win over Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City-their first this season.

The Nigerian duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho were both in action for the Foxes, with the former starting the game and the latter coming in as a 76th-minute substitute.

Elsewhere,at Goodison Park, Alex Iwobi and Taiwo Awoniyi were on opposing ends for Everton and Nottingham Forest, respectively.

At the end of 90 minutes, they shared the spoils as the tie ended in a 1-1 draw.

It is also looking up very nicely for Arsenal as they coasted to victory at Bournemouth on Saturday to go the top of the Premier League

 Captain Martin Odegaard’s early brace saw the visitors cruising to their third win in as many games on Saturday.

The Gunners kept up their perfect start to the new campaign, their 3-0 win at the Vitality Stadium sealed with a fine William Saliba strike as the defender opened his account for the club.

Odegaard had put Arsenal clear inside the opening 11 minutes, the first time the Norway international has scored twice in a match since a double for Stromsgodset in October 2014.

At this stage of last season, Mikel Arteta was facing calls to be axed as Arsenal boss as they sat bottom without a point or a goal.

The summer signing of Gabriel Jesus has done much to herald such a stark turnaround in fortunes and, while he did not add to his goal tally on the south coast, the Brazil forward was again instrumental.

Odegaard was on hand to turn home one of the easiest goals of his career to break the deadlock with less than five minutes on the clock.

He doubled the lead soon after, this time latching on to a loose touch by Jesus in the box and firing past Mark Travers to set Arsenal on course for another three points.

Bournemouth, having lost 4-0 at champions Manchester City last weekend, were again struggling to get a foothold in the game as Arteta’s side continued to dominate.

Despite being on top, Arsenal had to wait until after the interval to further extend their lead – but it was a goal worth the wait.

Martinelli’s deep cross was collected by Granit Xhaka, who laid the ball perfectly into the path of Saliba – the France international continuing his fine start to life in the Arsenal side by curling home his first goal in English football.

Jesus thought he had got in on the act as he collected an Odegaard pass to finish with aplomb, only for celebrations to be cut short with VAR ruling out the effort for a marginal offside.

Bournemouth had not tasted defeat at home since losing to Boreham Wood in the FA Cup back in February but they were never at the races.