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Liverpool legend, Michael Owen has heaped praises on Nigerian striker, Taiwo Awoniyi after he scored two goals to propel Nottingham Forest to a 43 win against Southampton in a relegation dug fight on Monday night in the English Premier League.
Awoniyis brace is his first for the club all through the season.Advertisement
The Nigeria internationals two goals came within three minutes in the first half.
The striker opened the scoring for Forest in the 18th minute, finishing off a brilliant counterattacking move before volleying home the second few minutes after.Advertisement
Owen highlighted the qualities that make the former Union Berlin player dangerous to play against.
You see the goalscorer, Im not going to try to pronounce his name (Awoniyi).
Hes scoring goals, hes got pace, he can finish like he did with the first one, and then he gets back to goal as well, Owen told Premier League Productions.Advertisement
Hes equally as dangerous as that, so very hard to play against because a lot of players that maybe havent got pace, you can try to squeeze them outside the box.
Awoniyi has scored six goals and provided one assist in 24 appearances for Nottingham Forest this season.Advertisement Advertisement
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