Paul Onuachu has expressed his satisfaction with Trabzonspor’s display after they snatched a late 4-3 win over Istanbul Basaksehir on Monday, SportPremi reports.
The game looked set to end in a stalemate until the Maroon-Blues snatched a late winner in stoppage-time to consolidate their third spot on the Turkish league standings.
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The home side played 80 minutes of the clash with 10 man after defender Festy Ebosele was sent off inside the first 10 minutes of the clash.
It extended their unbeaten streak to eight games as they closed the gap on league leaders Galatasaray to just four points after 13 rounds of matches.
Trabzonspor hold on for crucial victory
The game started at a slow pace and the home side were reduced to 10 men inside 10 minutes after the Video Assistant Referee advised the sending off of Festy Ebosele for a last-match foul.
VAR took centre stage once again, awarding the home side a penalty kick after a handball in the box, which was confidently dispatched by Davie Selke.
Filipe Augusto pulled one back for the visitors, but the home side went into the break in front after Eldor Shomurodov scored once more.
Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu leveled matters in the 76th minute from the penalty spot, netting his ninth league goal of the season from 13 matches.
Ernest Muci put Trabzonspor ahead one minute later and they were on their way to the win until Bertug Yildirim scored in the first minute of stoppage time to make the scores 3-3.
However, the visitors snatched the win at the death with Muci bagging his second of the game with a superb strike from outside the area.
Trabzonspor sealed a 4-3 win which extended their unbeaten run to eight matches.
Onuachu hails superb display
Speaking after the match, Paul Onuachu, who has hit top form back in the league after a difficult spell in England, was impressed his side’s overall performance.
“It’s always good to win and we’re happy with the three points, but I think there’s a lot of work to do”, Onuachu said.
“I’m just happy for the three points and Basaksehir played good even though they were down to 10 men and at the end of the day we fought back and got the three points .”
On his own performance
“I mean you know with one man down as a striker there’s not much to do, you just have to find space and get a goal for the team because Basaksehir is one man down”, he continued.
“At the end of the day, we scored a crucial penalty and I’m very happy for the team.”
Trabzonspor resume action next weekend when they host Konyaspor in the league as the hope to close the gap to the top two.
