Etebo goal delights Stoke City boss

Super Eagles star, Oghenekaro Etebo was the match winner for Stoke City as his first half goal condemned Blackburn Rovers to a home defeat on Saturday.

The win for Stoke ended a four successive goalless draws for the English Championship club.

Etebo has now scored two goals in 28 league appearances, and helped his team keep four clean sheets in his last four appearances in the Championship.

“Massive win away from home 3 points, feels great to get the winning goal ? amazing support from the fans,” Etebo tweeted after the game.

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Speaking after the match at Ewood Park, Potters manager Nathan Jones was delighted with Etebo’s strike.

“We have played some wonderful football first half and had the penalty which would have been 2-0, so we could have made it a lot easier on ourselves,” Jones told reporters as cited by allnigeriasoccer.com

“But I cannot fault the work-rate, resilience and some of our football.

“The goal is as good as you can see with fluent football and a finish to top it off.”

Etebo penned a five-year deal with Stoke City in July 2018 but it is yet to be certain he won’t join a Premier League team when the transfer window reopens.

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