Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker, Cyriel Dessers has become the first Feyenoord player to score four goals as a substitute in an Eredivisie campaign in over two decades after his match-winning goal in their 1-0 victory over AZ Alkmaar.
It was a cagey affair at the Stadion Feijenoord on Sunday as Feyenoord and AZ failed to break the deadlock until Dessers was introduced in the final 10 minutes of the game.
The 26-year-old replaced Brian Linssen in the 82nd minute and he went on to secure maximum points for the hosts with the only goal of the encounter in the 92nd minute.
The late strike took the Genk loanee’s tally to four goals after seven Eredivisie matches this season, with all the goals coming via substitute appearances.
The last time a Feyenoord player scored four goals as a substitute in a Dutch top-flight season was in the 1998-99 season and that was by Igor Korneev.
In addition to Sunday’s heroics, Dessers has now scored match-winning goals in each of his last three appearances for the Pride of South.
He scored a 90th-minute winner against Maduka Okoye’s Sparta Rotterdam exactly a week ago, then he followed it up with another goal that sealed a 2-1 win for Feyenoord in the Uefa Europa Conference League against Taiwo Awoniyi’s Union Berlin on Thursday.
The victory powered Feyenoord to third in the Eredivisie table with 25 points after 11 games, two points behind leaders Ajax and second-placed PSV who have played a game more than them.
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