Nottingham Forest Striker Taiwo Awoniyi is bullish ahead of the team’s clash against Manchester United, insisting that he is still looking to improve all aspects of his game despite an excellent start to the season.
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The striker, who ended last season with six goals in four Premier League matches has scored in each of Forest’s opening two games this season but the Nigerian says he and his teammates are still looking to improve in all aspects ahead of Saturday’s trip to Manchester United.
“For me, I’m very pleased and happy with the way things are going, not just for me but the whole squad with the way we have come back into the new season and going in the right place.”
“Looking at last season with the new guys coming in, we are trying to get together and we are getting familiar with one another, so we are trying to improve beyond where we were last season and that is what we are doing presently,” he stated.
I” know what my mate is doing on and off the pitch and we kind of understand one another better and that’s why the goals are coming, When you learn to start playing together as a team, the points will start coming.”
Speaking on his role as a striker in the team, Taiwo Awoniyi allayed that he always wants to be better in every aspect of his game whether it’s finishing, or holding up plays that feel so comfortable for him and he wants to do it more to help the team.
“I possible, in every game I want to score but I also want to help my team. As a striker, you have to help the team, bringing them to play, running in behind, and disturbing opponents’ defense because you are the man up front.”
“There are things you need to do more behind the scenes, drills during off-season, it’s all about relentless and giving it all.”
Ahead of the away game against Manchester United – “For us as a group, every game is important whether it’s Man City, Sheffield, we just have to be ready for every game and get there with the hope of fighting for the maximum three points,” he concluded.
