Nigeria Soccer
Awoniyi reflects on historic Forest goals
Taiwo Awoniyi has looked back on the two goals that defined his early Nottingham Forest career — the strike that gave the club their first Premier League goal of the 21st century and the winner against Liverpool that carried a unique personal meaning.
Forest returned to the Premier League in 2022 after a 23-year absence, and it was Awoniyi who provided the moment supporters had waited decades for. The Nigerian striker scored in first-half stoppage time to seal a 1-0 win over West Ham United on August 14, 2022 — Forest’s first Premier League goal since their relegation in 1999.
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