Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi has described his EPL club’s 3-1 defeat of Brentford over the weekend as one of the club’s best performances.
“It’s up there with one of our best performances so far. We’ve been performing well, maybe results haven’t been going our way, but to win at home again sends a message, and we’ll use that as confidence going into next week.”
Iwobi said dealing with Brentford’s threats was an easy task, “We knew that Brentford are very good at long throws, so we worked on a lot of long throws in training this week, and we were working on the second balls and reacting to them. We were able to withstand that, which was the main threat today. And then we’ve got a lot of players who can create chances, so we believed we’d always have the opportunity to take our chances, and we were able to do so today.”
The Eagles midfielder who scored in the match said, “Like I said, we’ve been working on long throws and reacting to second balls, and it’s the same thing when we’re attacking. I couldn’t really tell you where the ball was going to drop; you just have to stay on your toes, and luckily for me, I was in the right spot at the right time. I just had to make sure I got a good contact and aimed for the target. Luckily for me, it was able to go through a defender’s legs, the ‘keeper was unsighted, and it went in.”
He also spoke about his assist for Harry Wilson, “Naturally, when you have that confidence, you feel like you’re able to do anything. It’s something that Harry works on in training – when I see him, I know he’s going to make the run in behind. Yeah, it was a tight gap, but credit to Rodri as well, he made a run to make that space for Harry. H is one of the best finishers in our team, and you see that from the finish today.”
