Super Eagles Watch: Dennis, Awoniyi lead Forest to victory; Ighalo strikes in Al Hilal win

The Three Nigerian forwards had been among the many purpose scorers as their respective golf equipment earn spectacular wins in Europe and Asia

Tremendous Eagles strikers Taiwo Awoniyi and Emmanuel Dennis struck the decisive objectives that powered Nottingham Forest to a morale-boosting pleasant 2-1 win over Valencia on Friday night.

Awoniyi grabbed the opening purpose of the sport after a chaotic collision within the Valencia defence allowed the previous Union Berlin man to around the keeper and slot house into an empty web.

Hugo Duro levelled the scores for Valencia in from of their house followers after the break. However Emmanuel Dennis, who changed Awoniyi, secured the spectacular win for Forest with a relaxed end fifteen minutes later.

It’s a victory the Tough Timber will hope will help them construct the momentum wanted forward of the return of Premier League soccer.

Earlier than the World Cup break, Nottingham Forest had been caught within the deep waters of relegation after managing solely three wins from 15 matches.

Champions Al Hilal moved to inside two factors of leaders Al Nassr after claiming a 3-1 house win over Al-Batin within the Saudi Arabia Skilled League.

Ighalo scored one in every of Al Hilal’s objectives and missed a penalty because the Asian Galácticos sealed their sixth win in 9 league video games.

Former Watford ace Ighalo had the prospect to place the hosts in entrance within the closing levels of the primary half however missed the chance as each side headed into the break levelled.

After the break, nonetheless, Hyun-Soo Jang opened the scoring for Al Hilal however Yousef Fawaz struck the equaliser simply previous the hour-mark.

Nigerian striker Ighalo then atone for his early miss by netting the house facet’s second earlier than Andre Carrillo made the factors protected with a stoppage-time penalty.