Super Eagles defender, Ola Aina, scored a stunning left-footed strike in Nottingham Forest’s 3-0 win against West Ham United, helping Nuno’s side equal a 25-year-old record, Soccernet.ng reports.
The versatile full-back started his ninth of Forest’s ten league games this season, and it didn’t take long for the Reds to break the deadlock in front of the City Ground crowd.
Chris Wood broke the deadlock in the 27th minute, heading home from a brilliant Àlex Moreno cross to score his eighth league goal of the season, and is a man truly in from.
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Things went from bad to worse for West Ham when Edson Alvarez was given his marching orders in the closing seconds of the first half after a poor foul on Antony Elanga.
Ex-Chelsea winger, Callum Hudson-Odoi doubled Forest’s lead in the 68th minute. A cheeky low pass from Elliot Anderson via a free-kick met Odoi on the edge of the box, and the Englishman sent the ball into the far corner of Lukasz Fabianski’s goal.
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Ola Aina sealed all three points for the Reds in the 78th minute. The Super Eagles defender pounced on a lose ball and ran towards the West Ham box before unleashing a left-handed strike into the top corner.
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Following their victory over West Ham United, Nottingham Forest equalled a 25-year-old record, as they won three games on the spin in the Premier League for the first time since May 1999.
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After struggling to stay in the English top-flight for the past two seasons, Nuno Espirito Santo’s team are now third in the English Premier League.