ISL 2020-21: East Bengal's Anthony Pilkington names Luis Suarez most formidable opponent

Republic of Ireland winger Anthony Pilkington is one of Robbie Flower's SC East Bengal's foreign recruits for upcoming season of ISL. Anthony Pilkington comes in with considerable experience, having played 75 matches in Premier League for rwich City, netting 14 times. Speaking in an interview ahead of season, Pilkington opened up on most formidable opponent he has faced in his long career. 

Pilkington recalls goal against Manchester United in 2012-13 

Speaking to media outlet Goal,  SC East Bengal signing spoke about his most memorable goal. “re have been a few memorable matches in my career. Obviously, I have played against a lot of top teams back home. But most memorable match has to be when rwich City beat Manchester United before y went on to win league. y had all superstars playing like Paul Scholes, Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney and yet we beat m 1-0. I’ll definitely say that was memorable." 

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Anthony Pilkington scored only goal of game in 60th minute of match, converting from Javier Garrido’s cross through top corner. He recalled that he wasn't really kwn for his headers so he just closed his eyes and placed it into top corner. "Obviously scoring a goal against eventual champions, a team as big as Manchester United worldwide, it was a really proud moment for me and my family.” 

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Pilkington names his most formidable opponent

While on international duty for rrn Ireland, Pilkington had opportunity to go up against Cristia Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic but Pilkington decided to go name Luis Suarez as best ever player he has played against.  Uruguayan striker was an absolute nightmare for rwich City between 2012 and 2014. Luis Suarez scored three hat-tricks against  Canaries during his Premier League stint.

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“ best player I played against in actual terms of how he played against us on pitch every time we played m, I will probably say is Luis Suarez,” said Pilkington. “He was unbelievable. He scored three hat-tricks in three games against us. He was brilliant.”

He furr recalled time he went up against Cristia Ronaldo but stuck with his decision to name Suarez as most troublesome forward to go up against.  

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Im credits: Pilkington Twitter, Suarez Instagram