Former Nottingham Forest striker Karim Ansarifard has made the headlines when coming up against Premier League giants Manchester United in the Europa League on Thursday night.
Erik Ten Hag’s side have made the journey over to Cyprus to take on Omonia Nikosia in the group stage of the competition. United went into the game as strong favourites, but were staring a shock result in the face going into the second half of the game.
And it’s thanks to former Forest man Ansarifard. Despite the Red Devils having over 70 percent possession in the game, the striker was on hand to nicely finish a Omonia breakaway to put the Cypriot side into the lead in the 34th minute. Marcus Rashford has since equalised for Man United with Anthony Martial making it 2-1.
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The now 32-year-old spent around eight months with Forest between November 2018 and July 2019. In that time he played 12 times, scoring two goals and providing a further two assists.
He joined on a free transfer after leaving Forest’s sister club Olympiacos. In 2019, the Iranian joined Qatari side Al-sailiya before returning to Greece with AEK Athens a year later.
This summer saw the striker join Omonia, who are now managed by former Leicester City and Celtic midfielder Neil Lennon. Before his strike vs United, Ansarifard had scored just one goal for his new club.
After his goal, Forest fans took to social media to give their reaction. Here’s what just some had to say.
Chris Kearney : Karim Ansarifard #nffc legend
Max : karim ansarifard has just scored in the europa league against manchester united #nffc
Craggy : That bloke who's just scored against #MUFC didn't he play for us #NFFC
George NFFC : Love it Karim
Craig : Ansarifard scoring for Nicosia, Never really had a chance to shine at #nffc
FoodFunForest : Lovely finish by the Iranian Prince. I would've liked him to stay at #NFFC longer.
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