Taiwo Awoniyi scored the only goal which earned Nottingham Forest a hard fought 1-0 win away to Southampton in the Premier League on Wednesday, Completesports.com reports.
Awoniyi scored in the 27th minute, finishing from close range off an assist from Brennan Johnson.
The Super Eagles striker has now scored four goals in 16 appearance in the English topflight this season.
The last time he netted in the league was 22 October, 2022, in a 1-0 win against his former club Liverpool.
However, in the 71st minute Awoniyi was forced off with Samuel Surridge taking his place.
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His Nigerian teammate Emmanuel Dennis was once again benched after also not being used in the 1-1 draw against Chelsea.
Joe Aribo featured for Southampton after coming on in the 64th minute.
While it was Forest’s first win since the Premier League resumed, for the Saint’s it is a third consecutive loss.
Forest, now on 17 points, move out of the relegation zone and are in 15th and Southampton remain bottom on 12 points.
By James Agberebi
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Awoniyi is gradually setting himself up for greater things to come. Lately his game has changed ,he has added speed ,doggedness ,dribbling to his resume. The guy is well built and looks intimidating. We need people like that in super eagles. He is a fighter. NFF should please select players on merit and not on past records. Watched this guy in Udinese today he is also a kind of player that can power himself through defense. We need men that can fight for and with the ball for 99 minutes, that’s what Argentina are doing which gave them the world cup, they won’t allow opponents rest to play their tactics. I learnt Aderabioyo has agrd to play for us,if it’s true then good. Eze is also a very good player though some people don’t see reasons to beg him to play for us and I ask them question Nigeria truly deserves anything good . We lack the organization that can make these players to want to play for us .Etabor will also add steel to eagles . For now Ndidi should rest and concentrate on club football. Iheanacho should retire Alhassa should be invited.
I think the difference between Westahof and recent coaches is the former doesn’t care to fail .
Correction I don’t know the name of the player that played right back for us against Portugal, he plays in Turkey.i don’t mean to mention Etabor.
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