English-born Ghanaian forward Charles Sagoe Jr. delivered another spectacular performance for his club Kalmar FF as they recorded an exciting 2-1 win against Mjallby on Saturday night.
The Arsenal loaner scored and also set up an assist to help his club secure another impressive victory.
Mjallby would have hoped their convincing win on their UEFA Champions League debut over Lincoln Red Imps in midweek would have been the catalyst for an upturn in league form, but instead, the champions fell to their fifth Allsvenskan defeat of the season.
That didn’t look to be the case when they took the lead in just the third minute, when Villiam Granth played a square ball to Elliot Stroud, who showed why he is attracting attention from around Europe by thundering a low, 25-yard effort into the bottom corner.
The lead lasted less than 15 minutes, as a corner routine resulted in Melker Hallberg sending a teasing cross to the back post, which Aboubacar Keita leapt to meet and powered in with his head.
1-1 was how things stayed until just over 20 minutes remaining, when a cross from the Kalmar right was not properly cleared, instead flicked straight to an unmarked Charles Sagoe Jr on the left side of the box, and he had time to take it down and fire lowpast the scrambling away defence.
Kalmar retain their impressive unbeaten run at home to move level on 17 points with the champions, who sit 11th and 10th, respectively.
Sagoe, 22, was subsequently adjudged Man of the Match following his outstanding performance through the game as his side clinched all three points.
