Preston North End's Tom Barkhuizen wins Championship goal of the month award
Barkhuizen capped a fine fightback in the Deepdale clash as North End came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 on October 26.
In a public poll, his goal received 48% of the vote to see him beat off efforts from Derby County's Graham Shinnie and Hull City striker Tom Eaves to win the award..
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Hide AdReceiving the award, Barkhuizen said: It's nice to get recognition personally, it was a great game to get a goal like that in and thankfully it got us the three points.
"The most important thing for me is that we are second in the league. If I am doing well and contributing then it is only going to help that.
“It was a nice goal, I don't score many like that so hopefully there are more to come!
"The goal was made better by the whole day and the game, the way it panned out.
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Hide Ad"We were really poor in the first half and then we came out fighting in the second half and I think that goal topped off a really good afternoon for the whole place.
"Once we got back in to the game, the whole place lifted, the fans lifted and it lifted us.
"I think a goal like that comes from confidence of the game and it is always nice."
Lead Sky Bet EFL goal of the month judge and Sky Sports Pundit Don Goodman, said: "It wasn’t only the quality of the goal that made Tom Barkhuizen’s late effort
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Hide Adagainst local rivals Blackburn so special, but what it meant in the context of the game.
"Barkhuizen had already been instrumental in bringing the scores level from 2-0 down and to keep calm and deliver such a perfectly-hit first time strike into the top
corner to win the game, shows what a huge asset he is to Preston."
It is the second time Barkhuizen has won this award, having done so in March 2017 for a goal against Reading.