Cameroon midfielder Alex Song spared Arsenal s blushes with a late English Premiership winner over bottom-of-the-table West Ham United at the weekend.
Gunners boss Arsene Wegner says the fitness of Song has improved thanks to extra sweat at the training ground and he has struck three goals in as many games.
On a fruitful Premiership weekend for Africans, Zimbabwean Benjamin Benjani Mwaruwari, Nigerian Ayegbeni Yakubu and Togolese Emmanuel Adebayor also netted.
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ALEX SONG (Arsenal)
Cameroon midfielder popped up with an 88th-minute header as Arsenal downed West Ham 1-0 to maintain pressure on leaders Chelsea. The goal was Song s third in consecutive games, a match-winning performance that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger attributes to an improv…