It Was An Emotional Game For Me – Nigeria’s Taiwo Awoniyi On Helping Nottingham Forest Defeat His Former Club Liverpool

October 23, 2022October 23, 2022 admin 0 Comments

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Awoniyi netted the only goal of the game in the early kick-off as Forest moved off the bottom of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at the City Ground.

The match-winning moment against the Nigerian striker’s former club came in the 55th minute when he reacted fastest to a loose ball after Ryan Yates struck the post from the second phase of a deep free-kick.

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He joined Forest from Union Berlin for around 18 million pounds ($20 million) in June, heralding a frenzied summer of spending by the former English champions as they returned to the top flight for the first time since 1999.

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Commenting on his third goal for Nottingham Forest which was against Liverpool, Taiwo Awoniyi said;

“I think this team we stick together, we’re a family, the fans are always with us, we just have to keep on going,” he said post-match.

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“I was looking forward to playing Liverpool because they signed me when I was 18 and it was an emotional game for me. For me, I think it’s a good game for my team, we had a plan to stay compact and in the end we won, I’m very happy about it.”

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Awoniyi, who barely celebrated his goal, was congratulated by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

“He had a sensational development. He has arrived where he belongs and I am happy for him, but not today so much.”

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