Taiwo Awoniyi Scores As Nottingham Forest Beat Sheffield United 2-1

Goals from Taiwo Awoniyi and Chris Wood secured a win for Nottingham Forest as they beat Sheffield United 2-1 on Friday.

Wood scored in the 89th minute at the City Ground to ensure Forest bounced back from their 2-1 defeat at Arsenal in their season opener last weekend.

Steve Cooper’s side had taken the lead early in the first half thanks to Taiwo Awoniyi’s header.

Gustavo Hamer bagged an equalizer before the break on his Blades debut. The midfielder arrived last week from second-tier Coventry.

Wood’s dramatic late contribution made it successive defeats for United on their return to the top flight after last season’s promotion as Championship runners-up.

The Blades lost 1-0 at home to Crystal Palace last weekend.

Dating back to last season, Forest have won four in a row at the City Ground as a top-flight side for the first time since 1996.

Awoniyi, Forest’s top scorer from last season, repaid Cooper’s faith after being restored to the starting line-up.

He becomes the second Forest player to score in six successive games in the Premier League after Stan Collymore in 1995.