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Islam Slimani’s Monaco renaissance continued as the Algerian striker followed up his goalscoring debut with a brace on Sunday.

In a man-of-the-match showing, Slimani netted both of Monaco’s goals as they drew 2-2 at Strasbourg.

For his first, Slimani showed strength to hold off his defender and then a superb touch to bring Gelson Martins’ cross under control before tapping in.

The 31-year-old had his second just before half-time, intercepting a wayward back-pass and rounding the Strasbourg goalkeeper before finishing.

Slimani is just the second player in 50 years to score at least three goals in their first two Monaco outings.

He could have had more too. Slimani had seven shots, with four on target, hitting the bar after a neat one-two before his acrobatic effort from the rebound was tipped wide.

For his performance, Slimani was handed a league-high 8/10 by L’Equipe, who included him in their team of the weekend.

Local paper Nice-Matin said of Slimani’s display: “He was impressive and should have left the stadium with a hat-trick and an assist for Wissam Ben Yedder. Instead, it's a double and it's already three goals in two games. The Algerian put pressure on the defence and made very few mistakes in the game.”

Leicester City’s other Monaco loanee Adrien Silva also started in the 2-2 draw, which leaves the principality in the relegation zone and still searching for their first win of the campaign.

Silva was withdrawn just after the hour, with Nice-Matin reporting: “After his yellow card on the half-hour, the Portuguese midfielder had to ease off. He ran the team well before slumping physically in the second period.”

Elsewhere, Josh Knight scored the first senior goal of his career as Peterborough beat Sunderland 3-0 in League One.

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Posh have now won three on the bounce, with Knight starting all three in midfield, the versatile youngster drilling a shot into the bottom corner for the second of the three goals.

The Peterborough Telegraph awarded Knight an eight, writing: “He is growing into his midfield diamond role and took his goal superbly.”

Ryan Loft also bagged the first senior strike of his career, his effort earning victory for Carlisle at Scunthorpe in League Two.

On the hour, Loft pounced on the ball, dribbled into the box, and finished low.

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Daniel Iversen conceded a 95th-minute goal as Rotherham could only draw 1-1 at home to Tranmere.

The Danish stopper made four saves to keep Tranmere at bay before Stefan Payne bundled in an equaliser in injury time.

The misery continues for Layton Ndukwu and Southend, who lost their sixth consecutive league fixture.

Winger Ndukwu is still waiting for his first start, the 20-year-old coming on at half-time in the Shrimpers' 3-0 home defeat to Rochdale.

Ghanaian midfielder Kamal Sowah, fresh from scoring twice in the Belgian Cup, was handed his first league start of the season for OH Leuven.

Sowah started on the right flank and helped City’s sister club to a 2-0 win over Lokeren, their third victory in four league outings.

Andy King was an unused substitute as Rangers lost the first Old Firm Derby of the season 2-0, Odsonne Edouard and former City winger Jonny Hayes scoring for Celtic at Ibrox.