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Awoniyi equals Salah goals record in Forest defeat

By Daily Sports Nigeria on August 27, 2023

Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi scored in his seventh consecutive Premier League game as Nottingham Forest suffered a 3-2 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday.

The former Union Berlin forward is now the first Forest player to score in seven straight games joining Mohammed Salah and Emmanuel Adebayor as the only Africans to have achieved this feat.

Taiwo Awoniyi brilliantly put Forest ahead on the break with an 86th second goal swiftly followed by Willy Boly from a free-kick.

Never before had United trailed by two goals inside four minutes of a Premier League match, but they rallied as Christian Eriksen pulled one back from a Marcus Rashford cross.

Casemiro wasted a glorious chance to level but made amends shortly after half-time when turning home at the end of a clever free-kick routine.

Worrall’s dismissal for denying Fernandes a goalscoring opportunity gave United extra pep in their step, with the skipper soon scoring from the winner from the spot after Danilo was adjudged to have brought down Rashford.

This was United’s first match since it was agreed that Mason Greenwood will leave Old Trafford, where injuries meant Mason Mount and Luke Shaw were in the directors’ box.

They were among three changes against a Forest side who flew out of the block and launched a blistering counter-attack.

From a corner that followed an early Antony shot, Steve Cooper’s men cleared and Morgan Gibbs-White headed on. Awoniyi showed more hunger and strength than Rashford to win the ball inside his own half, roaring forwards and keeping his cool under pressure as he got close to goal, sitting down Andre Onana before prodding past him.

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Posted August 27, 2023