The highlight of Nottingham Forest thrilling 4-3 win over Southampton was Nigeria international forward Taiwo Awoniyi scoring a brace in the win that lifted them out of the relegation zone heading into the final three games in the English Premier League.
Signed from German side Union Berlin in the summer he has made himself one of the first names on the team list when fit and he is presently the second highest goal scorer of the team with seven goals in all competitions.
Their main aim which is to avoid relegation was on track until they experienced a bad slump which saw them fail to win in any of their eight games in a row. That period coincided with when the 25 year old Nigerian was out injured.
He is among the players Forest are hoping will help them stay up and legendary English Premier League star Alan Shearer says the manner which he took his brace, could make him the key to the team avoiding the drop to the English Championship.
He told the Premier League’s website: “Showed strength and poise to score two goals that could just save Forest from relegation.”
Waziri Damian
