Awoniyi voted man of the match in Forest draw against Chelsea

Published on: 02 January 2023

Taiwo Awoniyi put in a good performance to help his side, Nottingham Forest get a one all draw against top side, Chelsea at the City Ground on New Year's Day.

The runs of Johnson and Taiwo Awoniyi in the channels caused Chelsea problems throughout the game in the match day 18 English Premier League fixture.

He was later substituted in the 88th minute, but he had done enough to help his side stabilize things and earned the fans vote for the man of the match pool done on the club's Twitter Page.

Forest came back from a goal down after conceding in the first half to get a vital point against Chelsea before the end of the encounter.

Raheem Sterling scored in the 16th minute. Sterling reacted quickest to smash Chelsea ahead after Boly - who was under pressure from Kai Harvetz - inadvertently back-heeled a Christian Pulisic cross onto the bar.

Right-back Serge Aurier equalled score after a second half that Chelsea rarely showed brilliance in the 63rd minute through a Boly assist.

The points shared by the two sides facilitated a slow movement for them on the log as Chelsea moved ahead of Brighton to 8th position while Forest moved to the third bottom position ahead of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

 

By Uche Dozie

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