El-Kanemi Warriors midfielder Daddy Abdulrahman has told NPFL.com.ng that he is going to give his “best” in the run-in for the top scorer’s prize in this season’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL)
Abdulrahman has played a central role in El-Kanemi’s outing this season, contributing 10 goals in 33 appearances and is confident of adding more goals to his tally before the campaign comes to a close.
Target before end of season
The former Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) man said he wants to score two to five goals before the season ends to remain in the top-scorer race.
’I feel very excited to be among the top scorers because this is the first season I have scored this many goals in the league.
’Yes, my target is to score more goals. You know the gap between the top scorers and me is two goals. I will try my best to improve the number of my goals. I believe I can score two, three or five more goals before the end of the season. Anyone God allows me to get, I will accept it’, Abdulrahman said to NPFL.com.ng.
Top prize within reach
For a midfielder in a league where goalscoring can at times be difficult even for strikers, Abdulrahman still fancies his chances of finishing as the leading scorer.
He stated that the unpredictability of the NPFL offers him a chance in the race, like the frontrunners who are mainly strikers.
’At this point in the season, you cannot predict anything. They (the other top scorers) are mostly strikers and I am a midfielder which gives them advantage. But I will give my best. If I don’t finish as top scorer at the end of the season, I will finish in second place. Finishing in first place is my target as well’, he said.
Reason for impressive form
However, Abdulrahman cannot talk about his impressive goalscoring form without crediting it to his teammates, especially the midfield duo of Zayyad Musa and Muktar Ismail.
Abdulrahman, Zayyad and Ismail have been the mainstay in El-Kanemi’s midfield, which has also culminated in Abdulrahman’s goalscoring return this season.
El-Kanemi’s leading scorer this season also took time to explain how his partnership with Zayyad and Ismail blossomed from their time in the Nigeria National League (NNL).
’We are three of us who understand ourselves and have been playing together for a while. That is myself, Zayyad Musa and Muktar Ismail. When I returned from my time at Shooting Stars, I found it easy to fit into the team because of Zayad and Muktar as we’ve always played together from the NNL and we are the main midfielders’, Abdulrahman said.
The trip to Barau FC this weekend
With an individual prize within his reach, Abdulrahman said the El-Kanemi Warriors team are focused on this Sunday’s trip to Kano where they face Barau FC.
He is hopeful that they grind out a result at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano despite acknowledging that the Maliya Boys will be difficult to play against.
’Our next focus is now Barau FC, who we play in Kano. We are on the same points with them and that is not going to be an easy match because goals difference can play a big role at the end of the season. I just want to go there and give my best. We want to get a result in that game and come back to our home and make sure we win (against Niger Tornadoes)’, the El-Kanemi Warriors midfielder said.
