topflight since his loan move from Liverpool
brought his barren run to an end on Sunday
Taiwo Awoniyi has finally ended his Eredivisie goal
drought as he fired past Tim Krul to secure victory for
NEC Nijmegen in their 2-1 victory over AZ Alkmaar.
The Nigerian had previously failed to score for Ron de
Groot’s men since making his debut on September 10,
2016 against PSV.
And having gone 27 games without getting his name on
the scoresheet, the moment finally arrived in Sunday's
Dutch topflight tie with Alkmaar after replacing Wojciech
Golla in the 83rd minute.
He fired in the winner in the 90th minute of the
encounter courtesy of an assist from Lorenzo Burnet.
Aside handing his side maximum points, the goal
ensured his team their sixth win of the season and are
17th on the log with 31 points from 33 games.
Nijmegen travel to Europa League chasing SC
Heerenveen on the last day of the season at Abe Lenstra
Stadium.
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