Nigeria International and former Liverpool striker, Taiwo Awoniyi came back to haunt his former club as he scored the match winner for Nottingham Forest against the Reds of Liverpool in Saturday’s lunch time kick off in the Premier League.
Awoniyi blasted home an early second half goal from close range to break the deadlock in the 55th minute, for his third goal of season.
Awoniyi hit the ball hard towards the roof of the net beyond Alisson Becker, to seal a rare win for Forest.
It’s only the second win for Steve Cooper’s men and it moved them off the base of the table above Leicester City.
Awoniyi signed for the Reds in 2015 after a successful outing in the U-17 World Cup with Nigeria and spent six years at Anfield although he spent them on loans as he didn’t make a senior appearance for the Merseysiders.
He moved to Union Berlin on 19 September of 2020 on his seventh and last loan spell away from Anfield as the German club signed him on 20 July 2021 on a permanent deal for £6.5m.
Awoniyi played a vital role last season in earning Union Berlin an Europa League spot last season and got a move to the Premier League as he joined Nottingham Forest for £17m.
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