Former Birmingham City forward Clinton Morrison has revealed the reason why Taiwo Awoniyi is behind Chris Wood at Nottingham Forest following the club's FA Cup triumph in which both featured against Ipswich Town via penalty shoot-out yesterday, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
The England international this season has led the lines for the high Flying Wilford Lane side, who are currently in a race to qualify for European football, mostly preferred by Nuno Santos due to how well he fits well into the Portuguese system.
Clinton, while on BBC Radio 5 Live during the game yesterday, commented, "Taiwo Awoniyi doesn't read the game like Chris Wood does. You can see he's a striker coming back to full fitness."
Aside from not having regular playing time, Awoniyi has been mostly plagued with injuries, which have kept him out for quite a considerable number of games. He would be hoping to have a place in the Super Eagles team for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda this month.
By Oluwadamilola Olaleye