“We only have Chuba Akpom” – Steven Bergwijn

Nigerian star, Chuba Akpom has received praise from his teammate Steven Bergwijn for his nodding ability.

The Super Eagles hopeful has been in excellent scoring form for the Dutch giants after overcoming initial struggles in the Netherlands.

Akpom helped the Dutch giants earn their biggest win of the season after handing out a 5-0 thrashing to Vitesse at the Johan Cruff Arena.

The Arsenal Academy product scored the fourth goal of the encounter with a powerful header.

This will be his second headed goal after scoring in the 2-0 home win against FC Volendam on November 2.

His heading ability has however left his teammate delighted as Bergwijn noted that Ajax has been lacking in that area since the departure of Edson Álvarez, Lisandro Martínez, and Sébastien Haller.

“Due to the departures of Edson Álvarez, Lisandro Martínez, and Sébastien Haller, we’ve lost a significant amount of heading power,” Berghuis told ESPN as per Voetbalzone.

“Today, we basically only have Chuba Akpom, who is good with his head.

“The result is good, and we’ve scored a couple of beautiful goals, so it’s a fine evening. We need to aim for such results. Overall, it went quite well.

“I see more and more structure in the game, especially on the ball. I think you can see that. We can still improve a lot in ball loss. We need to keep coaching each other; we have a very young team.”