Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi found the net in Nottingham Forest’s 3-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday, Soccernet.ng reports.
Three Super Eagles stars — Ola Aina, Awoniyi, and Ryan Alebiosu — were in action when Forest locked horns at Albufeira on Wednesday.
Aina was in the starting eleven for the Tricky Trees, while Awoniyi started from the bench. Meanwhile, Alebiosu started and played 62 minutes for Blackburn Rovers.
Nottingham Forest were the favourites heading into the fixture, and they were rewarded with a goal in the first half courtesy of Igor Jesus.
In the second half, coach Oliver Glasner introduced Awoniyi into the game, and he made an instant impact. Arnaud Kalimuendo first scored three minutes after the restart.
Then, Nigerian striker Awoniyi got on the end of a low cross from Dan Ndoye after a counter-attack and fired the ball into the bottom-left corner of the goal to make it 3-0.