El Shaarawy and Liverpool striker among UEL Player Of The Week candidates

Roma winger Stephan El Shaarawy and Liverpool striker Darwin Núñez are among the UEFA candidates for Europa League Player of the Week.

El Shaarawy, Darwin Núñez, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Olympique Marseille) and Juninho (Qarabag) have been selected by UEFA as the Europa League Player of the Week candidates after the first-leg ties on Thursday.

Italy international El Shaarawy didn’t score but provided assists for Gianluca Mancini and Bryan Cristante in Roma’s 4-0 win over Brighton at the Stadio Olimpico.

Nunez scored twice in Liverpool’s 5-1 victory over Sparta Praha and the same is true of ex-Milan and Arsenal striker Aubameyang, who netted twice in Marseille’s 4-0 home win against Villarreal.

Qarabag shocked Xabi Alonso’s Liverpool, taking a two-goal lead at halftime, with the second goal scored by Brazilian forward Juninho.

However, the Bundesliga leaders bounced back in the second half and eventually secured a 2-2 draw thanks to goals from Florian Wirtz and ex-Roma and Sampdoria striker Patik Schick.