Osimhen brace secures bragging rights for Gala

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Osimhen opened the scoring just before the half-hour mark and added his second just before the break, and it was enough to send Galatasaray back to the top of the table.

Baris Alper Yilmaz forced Ederson into a couple of early saves, but he turned provider for Osimhen's 29th-minute opener.

The Turkiye international prodded it through to Osimhen, who had three Fenerbahce defenders around him, but he rifled into the bottom-right corner.

Osimhen, on the stretch, saw another effort tipped wide of the post, but he was in the right place to help Davinson Sanchez's rasping strike past Ederson with a glancing header in the 44th minute.

Ederson tipped away Aleksey Batrakov's low drive, and Archie Brown turned the rebound onto the post to deny Osimhen what would have been a simple tap-in on the stroke of half-time.

Osimhen nodded in what he thought was a hat-trick goal six minutes after the break, but had strayed marginally offside.

Fenerbahce, which failed to have a shot before the break, attempted to make the most of that reprieve, with Ugurcan Cakir smothering a Romelu Lukaku chance immediately after.

Ismail Jakobs then headed against the woodwork at the other end before Kahveci got Fenerbahce back into the match with a moment of quality. He met Oguz Aydin's cross with an overhead kick, and Cakir could not keep it out despite getting a hand to it.

That goal opened the game up, with Lucas Torreira, Leroy Sane and Rafael Leao all seeing chances go begging for Galatasaray, while Fenerbahce could have snatched a late draw, but Milan Skriniar's 90th-minute header was cleared off the line by Mario Lemina.