Izuchukwu OkosiSuper Eagles striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, has undergone a corrective surgery on a serious abdominal injury sustained in Nottingham Forest’s Premier League game against Leicester City.
The former Liverpool forward, collided with the post in the 88th minute of the 2-2 draw at the City Ground as he bore down on goal in a bid to convert a scoring chance created by Anthony Elanga.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelAwoniyi, who has had to play second choice to Chris Wood this season, had barely been on the pitch for five minutes after he was brought on from the substitute bench in place of Ibrahima Sangare.
Nottingham Forest owner, Evangelos Marinakis, had marched onto the pitch in the aftermath of the injury to the 27-year-old Nigerian and the dropped points.
“Everybody – coaching staff, players, supporters and including myself – we were frustrated around the injury of Taiwo and the medical staff’s misjudgement on Taiwo’s ability to continue the game,” Marinakis said in an Instagram post afterwards.
“This is natural, this is a demonstration of the passion we feel for our club.”
Awoniyi has scored just once this season in the Premier League in 25 league games.
The former youth international had played as a substitute in 22 of those game and had chalked up a total of 390 minute of league action.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
