Popular pundit, Victor Ezeji has come out to say that Taiwo Awoniyi’s goal in Nottingham Forest’s 1-0 Premier League win over West Ham United will give the Nigeria international a big confidence boost. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, as a striker who just signed for a new club, it is always important to hit the ground running and that is exactly what Taiwo has done with his goal last weekend.
Ezeji added that if he hadn’t scored, his confidence would’ve been down ahead of the next game.
His words, “That goal brings confidence. As a striker who has just been signed by a new club, you have to hit the ground running.”
“A goal is a goal whether deliberate or not deliberate and that is the instinct of an attacker. Immediately [Jesse] Lingard took that shot, Awoniyi was already approaching the goalkeeper knowing that anything can come off it.”
“That goal comes with so much confidence and we will see a better performance from him. His confidence will be high going into other games.”
“If he hadn’t scored, his confidence will begin to go down, but finding the net against a big team like West Ham will inspire belief that he can score more goals.”
“One goal was okay [against West Ham United] because it handed his team victory, the most important thing is that he has started scoring.”
“For him to have converted one goal from two attempts, who knows in his next game he might convert two out of five chances.”
“Considering his size and the way he plays, that is exactly what suits the Premier League I believe he will do so well for Nottingham Forest.”
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