Mexicans Abroad Minute: Chicharito continues hot streak, Lozano's injury not serious

Jon Arnold

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Chicharito was at it again this weekend.

The Mexico forward's hot streak continued with a 38th-minute goal in West Ham's 2-0 victory over Watford. He's now scored in three of his last four Premier League matches and after showing good chemistry with Marko Arnautovic may finally find minutes despite other Hammers attackers being fit. He continues to score and now is demonstrating to manager David Moyes how he can work with other players on the field.

There were fitness concerns for a pair of Mexico stars this week with Hirving Lozano leaving at halftime of PSV's win over Sparta and Andres Guardado making way in the final 10 minutes of Real Betis' victory over Deportivo La Coruna. Lozano's injury is nothing serious, according to both his club coach Phillip Cocu and Mexico national team manager Juan Carlos Osorio. Guardado said that his substitution wasn't because of injury, and he was back on the training ground Tuesday. It was there where he was photographed with an enormous bouquet, perhaps getting a special pre-Valentine's Day surprise from wife.

In Belgium, there were two Mexican players involved in the same match. Omar Govea was involved in a pair of Royal Excel Mouscron's goals but also was given a pair of yellow cards and was sent off in stoppage time. Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa had the last laugh as Standard Liege topped Mouscron for a 4-3 victory thanks to two late goals.

There was no debut for Hector Moreno, who arrived at Real Sociedad just before the transfer window closed. La Real suffered without him, losing 5-2 to Real Madrid and hinting that there may soon be changes in the defense that will include the Mexican center back.

Miguel Layun, who made a winter transfer as well, came in as a substitute for Sevilla as the La Liga side bounced back from a heavy defeat in Layun's debut to nab a 1-0 win over Girona.

Mexicans Abroad Minute: Chicharito stays hot, Lozano injury not serious

Chicharito is on a roll while two injury scares aren't worth sweating. It's the Mexicans Abroad Minute!

Posted by Jon Arnold on Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Check out the video above for a one-minute rundown of how Mexicans performed across the Atlantic.

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Jon Arnold covered the Mexico national team and Concacaf region in English for Goal until March 2020. His byline also has appeared in the Dallas Morning News, the New York Times Goal blog, FloFC and Pacific Standard. In addition to his written work, he serves as the Concacaf expert on the BBC's World Football Phone-In and has appeared on SiriusXMFC in English and Fox Deportes and Milenio in Spanish. Formerly based in Tijuana and currently living in Texas, Jon covered the 2018 World Cup, the 2015 Copa America, the 2016 Copa America Centenario and the last five Gold Cups.