“I just had to be there to finish” – Super Eagles star describes his winning strike for Forest at St Mary’s

The Nigeria worldwide was the match-winner for the Difficult Bushes of their second match of 2023

Tremendous Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi has hailed his objective on Wednesday evening that sealed an necessary victory for Nottingham Forest of their conflict with Southampton at St Mary’s.

Awoniyi’s press allowed Brennan Johnson to steal the ball away from Southampton simply previous the midway line. The 21-year-old ahead sped away however Awoniyi had the tempo to maintain up together with his teammate and the Nigerian was readily available to show dwelling the English lad’s cutback.

The win secured Forest’s first away win of the season and lifts the Reds out of the relegation waters to fifteenth on the desk, to the delight of Awoniyi.

The previous Liverpool signing is satisfied that Forest have the standard to maintain grinding out the wanted outcomes to ensure Premier League security whereas applauding Brennan’s vitality for the objective.

“We’ve been searching for this for a very long time and the gaffer was saying to us that we now have to enhance our away type and we’re comfortable to have the three factors,” Awoniyi instructed the membership’s official web site.

“It’s important to work arduous in each recreation within the Premier League and also you’ll see the outcomes if you happen to preserve going and preserve preventing.

“We’re nonetheless within the means of changing into the crew we wish to be and we are able to’t cease now we’re out of the underside three. Now we have to maintain going, preserve believing, and battle for one another.

“It was press from the crew for the objective, Brennan was sensible together with his vitality and velocity to get the ball into the field and I simply needed to be there to complete.”

Solely Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland and Tottenham’s Harry Kane have been extra decisive within the Premier League than Awoniyi.