Antoine Semenyo Scores As Bristol City Thrash Wayne Rooney’s Derby County

Antoine Semenyo Scores As Bristol City Thrash Wayne Rooney’s Derby County

Godwin Nii Armah Tagoe
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:00 PM
  • Antoine Semenyo was on the scoresheet for Bristol City, who piled more misery on relegated Derby County on Saturday afternoon
  • The English-born Ghanaian forward has been directly involved in a goal in each game since his return from injury
  • His goal ensured the Robins run away with a thumping 3-1 victory over Wayne Rooney's Derby County at the Pride Park

Soon-to-be Black Stars forward Antoine Semenyo was on the scoresheet as Bristol City further pain on Wayne Rooney's relegated Derby County in the SkyBet English Championship.

The 22-year-old striker brought an end to his 10-game goal drought with a solitary strike in Bristol City's 3-1 away win over Derby on Saturday afternoon.

Since his return from injury, Semenyo has been involved in three of Bristol's last five goals in the Championship, providing two assists and netting once.

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Antoine Semenyo scored against Wayne Rooney’s Derby County to end his 10-game goal drought. Photo credit: @BristolCity
Source: Twitter

Austrian forward Andreas Weimann broke the game's deadlock after just ten minutes much to the chagrin of the home side, who had lost only one of their previous 11 home games prior to the match.

Semenyo, who has been a thorn in the flesh of defenders since his injury return, netted his 7th goal of the season after 38 minutes to put the Robins in pole position to grab all three points at stake.

Craig Forsyth halved the deficit for Derby a minute after the hour mark but any hopes of a comeback were snuffed by Timm Klose with 11 minutes left on the clock.

How did Semenyo perform against Derby County?

The 22-year-old forward who was voted the SkyBet Championship Player of the month of January lasted the entire duration of the game.

He mustered 5 shots on target with one leading to a goal, his seventh of the campaign.

Semenyo provides assist as Bristol share the spoils with Sheffield United

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Antoine Semenyo provided an assist for Bristol City in their 1-1 drawn game against Sheffield United on Monday.

The incoming Black Stars forward created the only goal for his side as they failed to hold onto their early second-half goal advantage to share honours with the play-off-chasing side.

Semenyo dribbled past Chris Basham and swung in a delightful for the onrushing Chris Martin to put it away in the 49th minute.

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Godwin Nii Armah Tagoe
Godwin Nii Armah Tagoe is a Ligue 1, Bundesliga, and La Liga editor with five-year experience. He previously worked with Sports Corna and 360SportsGH.
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