Anthony Elanga redeems himself with two assists after ‘doing a Raheem Sterling’
Anthony Elanga redeemed himself with two assists in Nottingham Forest‘s 3-1 away win over Newcastle.
The Swede had drawn the wrath of followers within the first half of Tuesday’s (December 26) conflict at St James’ Park after failing to sq. the ball for Chris Wood within the field, as a substitute taking up the shot himself which was simply saved by Martin Dubravka.
Fans noticed the similarity of Elanga’s failure to play Wood in and Raheem Sterling taking it upon himself to shoot in Chelsea‘s defeat at Wolves regardless of having each Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson open for a tap-in.
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One X (previously generally known as Twitter) consumer brutally stated: “Same issue with sterling. This coaches don’t discipline players enough anymore” whereas one other stated the previous Manchester United winger: “Should be immediately subbed off”.
However, Elanga being on the pitch turned out to be fairly the blessing for Forest after being performed in by Morgan Gibbs-White, he lower it again for Wood who had a simple tap-in to equalise simply earlier than half-time.
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Just eight minutes after the break, the Swede was at it once more, enjoying in a via ball to the Kiwi who skilfully bypassed Dan Burn and thoroughly dinked it over Dubravka for a brace. The New Zealand star had fairly the efficiency on his return to St James’ Park and capped it off with a hat-trick to safe Forest’s first Premier League win since November.
It was additionally a primary win for the group underneath Nuno Espirito Santo who joined the membership simply final week after succeeding Steve Cooper as boss. While Wood picked up the man-of-the-match award, followers on-line could not assist however admire Elanga’s efficiency as he is now scored or assisted eight league objectives this season – a Nottingham Forest team-high.
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The 21-year-old joined the membership this previous summer time for £15million from Manchester United the place he failed to attain in 16 league appearances final season however has gone from strength-to-strength this season.
United followers took to social media to reward their former participant with one consumer writing: “Happy for Anthony Elanga, found his feet” whereas one other stated: “I don’t care what any one says. Anthony Elanga should’ve never been sold”.
