{"id":3510,"date":"2023-09-22T01:04:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T00:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/09\/22\/read_news-phpnid48825\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T01:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T00:04:09","slug":"read_news-phpnid48825","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/09\/22\/read_news-phpnid48825\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest striker Awoniyi\u00a0misses out on PL POTM to Tottenham midfielder\u00a0:: All Nigeria Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/29228Awoniyi.png\" height=\"240\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Nottingham Forest striker Awoniyi\u00a0misses out on PL POTM to Tottenham midfielder\u00a0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi has missed out on the Premier League Player of the Month award for August 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League announced on Friday that Tottenham Hotspur midfielder\u00a0James Maddison has won the award for August.after seeing off competition from Awoniyi and four other contenders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The other nominees were\u00a0\u00a0Manchester City midfielder Rodri, Brentford striker Bryan Mbeumo, Brighton &amp; Hove Albion\u00a0forward Kaoru Mitoma and West Ham&#8217;s Jarrod Bowen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Awoniyi has had a fine start to the 2023-2024 Premier League, scoring in all the matches played\u00a0by Nottingham Forest in August.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old continued his rich ven of form in September as he provided the game-winning assist in Nottingham Forest&#8217;s 1-0 win at Chelsea, before getting on the scoresheet last weekend in a 6-0 hammering of\u00a0S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe\u00a0in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Awoniyi would have become the fifth different Nigerian player to win the Premier League Player of the Month if had been chosen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Previous Nigerian winners of the award include Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, Peter Odemwingie (3), Odion Ighalo\u00a0and Kelechi Iheanacho.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2013 Fifa U17 World Cup winner, Awoniyi was voted Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Player of the Month for August and\u00a0also won the\u00a0 club&#8217;s\u00a0 Goal of the Month award for his run and finish against Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embeddedContent oembed-provider- oembed-provider-twitter\" data-align=\"none\" data-oembed=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague\/status\/1702623294715736182\" data-oembed_provider=\"twitter\" data-resizetype=\"noresize\" data-title=\"m\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">What a start to life with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@SpursOfficial<\/a>! \ud83c\udfaf<\/p>\n<p>Your <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EASPORTSFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@EASPORTSFC<\/a> Player of the Month for August is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Madders10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@Madders10<\/a>!<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PLAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#PLAwards<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S5u3bhdcL8\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/S5u3bhdcL8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Premier League (@premierleague) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague\/status\/1702623294715736182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">September 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Igho Kingsley\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. 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