Michael Carrick, the manager of Middlesbrough, commended Chuba Akpom, a player eligible for Nigeria, for his outstanding goal scoring record.
Akpom scored twice as Middlesbrough defeated Readings 5-0 on Saturday in the English Championship match at the RiverSide Stadium.
The 27-year-old attacker scored the first goal for the home team in the 24th minute from the penalty spot and added his second three minutes into the second half.
Marcus Forss added the third goal, while Middlesbrough also had a pair of goals from Aaron Ramsey.
the first Boro player to score 20 or more goals in a single season, the Arsenal academy has already scored 21 goals in 28 Championship games this season.
The 41-year-old tactician described Akpom as a terrific player and hopes he does more.
“It’s a terrific achievement. It’s not easy to score that many goals,” Carrick said in his post-match speech.
“He’s scored all different types of goals for us since I’ve been here. I thought his performance was fantastic.
“He gets credit for his goals but his all-round performance was terrific.
“And because we have threats in different areas, he ends up getting a bit more space.
“To score that many goals, hopefully, he can carry on and set a new target for himself”, he told the club media.”
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The former Arsenal youth player Akpom will be hoping to add to his goals when Boro battle Swansea on Saturday.
The former Manchester United star also praised his team’s impressive performance to boost their promotion hopes.
“It’s a great day for the whole team and I was delighted with the attitude all week.
“I thought the threats we had all day were a really good mix and it was one of those days when pretty much everyone had a good day.
“There was a period in the first half when it was tight and we had to be compact as a team but we were terrific in the second half.”
The win moved Boro to third on the Championship table with 60 points from 35 matches, four points behind Sheffield United as the team continued to chase promotion to play in the English Premier League next season.
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