African players in Europe: Ouattara scores three, Salah milestone

Burkina Faso star Ouattara wreaked second-half havoc, striking three times as Bournemouth crushed Nottingham Forest 5-0 to reach eight goals in all competitions this season. Egypt captain and two-time African Footballer of the Year Salah bagged his 100th league goal at Anfield for Liverpool as the leaders cruised to a 4-1 victory over lowly Ipswich.

ENGLAND

DANGO OUATTARA (Bournemouth)

The winger inspired the Cherries' rout of high-flying Forest. The visitors had won seven of their previous eight matches to climb into the top four, but were overpowered by Ouattara's dynamic display. He netted in the 55th, 61st and 87th minutes as seventh-placed Bournemouth stretched their unbeaten league run to 11 games.

MOHAMED SALAH (Liverpool)

Salah netted in typically composed fashion in the 35th minute as the Reds maintained a six-point advantage over Arsenal. His chart-topping 19th league goal this season took his overall total to 176 -- one behind sixth-placed Frank Lampard in the all-time scorers list.

ILIMAN NDIAYE (Everton)

The Senegal forward helped Everton boss David Moyes celebrate his 700th Premier League game as a manager with a 1-0 victory at Brighton. Ndiaye converted a 42nd-minute penalty after Joel Veltman was punished for handball.

SPAIN

RANDY NTEKA (Rayo Vallecano)

The Angola international played a super-sub role for Vallecano in their 2-1 La Liga win over Girona, netting a brace within three minutes to help his team come from behind to succeed. Nteka was brought on after 77 minutes and tapped home from close range to level after 80 minutes. Then the forward struck again at the near post.

CHRISTANTUS UCHE (Getafe)

The Nigerian midfielder was on hand to turn home a rebound to open the scoring midway through the second half as relegation-battling Getafe earned an important 3-0 victory at Real Sociedad.

ITALY

SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE (AC Milan)

The Nigeria winger helped rescue AC Milan with a last-gasp goal in a 3-2 Serie A win over struggling Parma. Trailing to what looked like being Enrico Delprato's winner for Parma heading into added time, Milan triumphed thanks to late strikes from Tijjani Reijnders and Chukwueze.

GERMANY

SERHOU GUIRASSY (Borussia Dortmund)

The Guinea star was back to his best as 10-man Dortmund picked up their first Bundesliga points this year with a 2-2 home draw against Werder Bremen. Guirassy put the hosts in front, heading in for his first goal from open play since November. The 28-year-old played a crucial role in Dortmund's other goal as his low cross was turned into his own net by Marco Friedl.

MORGAN GUILAVOGUI (St Pauli)

Guilavogui, another Guinea international, starred as St Pauli beat relegation rivals Union Berlin 3-0. He blasted into the roof of the net after 31 minutes and scored again six minutes into the second half to double the hosts' lead.

FRANCE

EVANN GUESSAND (Nice)

Ivory Coast international Guessand scored Nice's opening goal and set up their second in a 2-0 win over second-placed Marseille. The 23-year-old has scored nine goals in Ligue 1 this season and created five others.