Taiwo Awoniyi undergoes urgent surgery on serious abdominal injury

Taiwo Awoniyi had urgent country connected Monday nighttime aft the Nottingham Forest striker sustained a superior abdominal wounded successful the lucifer against Leicester connected Sunday.

The Nigeria planetary collided with the station precocious connected successful Forest’s 2-2 Premier League draw with their East Midlands rivals astatine the City Ground. The country was required swiftly to dainty the quality of the injury, which is understood not to beryllium life-threatening.

Awoniyi tried to transportation connected ­playing aft receiving respective minutes of attraction but the grade of the wounded was discovered erstwhile assessed by aesculapian unit connected Monday.

The ­incident was the root of ­Evangelos ­Marinakis’s ­frustration: the Forest owner stormed connected to the pitch and confronted the manager, Nuno Espírito Santo, aft the match. Awoniyi returned to enactment but was incapable to determination decently arsenic Forest were chasing a precocious extremity which would person been captious to their Champions League hopes. ­Marinakis was unhappy a ­substitution was not made.

To marque matters worse the incident, wherever the Leicester midfielder Facundo Buonanotte besides collided with the upright, happened aft Anthony Elanga was allowed to beforehand connected goal, contempt being intelligibly offside. Play continued aft the adjunct referee delayed putting up the flag, with some players col­liding with the station astatine speed.

It was a disappointing time for ­Forest and a stroke to their Champions League hopes. Winning their past 2 games, including a final-day gathering with Chelsea, mightiness not beryllium capable unless Aston Villa, Manchester City oregon Newcastle driblet points on the way.

Forest, however, are assured of astatine slightest a spot successful the Conference League, successful which they would play their ­European shot since 1995-96.