Reports: Forest's Awoniyi placed in induced coma

Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been placed successful an induced coma aft undergoing "urgent" surgery connected an abdominal injury, according to aggregate British reports connected Tuesday.

The Nigeria planetary was injured erstwhile helium collided with the extremity framework aft coming connected arsenic a second-half substitute during the 2-2 gully against Leicester connected Sunday.

The wounded was the taxable of a heavily debated on-field discussion betwixt the club's manager and owner.

Awoniyi was placed successful an induced coma to assistance his betterment from Monday's cognition by helping to restrict his question and modulate his bosom rate, Britain's PA quality bureau reported. The 2nd portion of his country is scheduled to completed connected Wednesday, according to the BBC.

Forest had released a connection aft Awoniyi's surgery, saying helium was "recovering well." The squad has 2 games near successful the Premier League -- astatine West Ham and astatine location to Chelsea -- arsenic they question to suffice for the Champions League.

After the crippled against Leicester, Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis entered the tract and remonstrated with manager Nuno Espirito Santo.

Espirito Santo said Marinakis was frustrated due to the fact that of a miscommunication betwixt the seat and aesculapian unit aft the wounded to Awoniyi.

After receiving treatment, the 27-year-old striker signaled helium was OK to proceed truthful Espirito Santo near him connected and instantly made his last substitution, taking disconnected Elliot Anderson for Jota Silva successful the archetypal infinitesimal of stoppage time.

However, Awoniyi was successful discomfort for the remainder of the game, efficaciously leaving Forest down to 10 players and hampering its hopes of a winner.

In its statement, Forest said Marinakis' post-match absorption "was 1 of heavy care, responsibility, and affectional concern successful 1 of our own."

"In moments similar that, helium demonstrates his leadership, not conscionable done words, but done enactment and presence," the connection read. "In the last 10 minutes of the game, erstwhile helium saw our subordinate intelligibly successful discomfort, struggling done disposable pain, it became progressively hard for him to enactment connected the sidelines.

"His heavy vexation astatine seeing our subordinate lying connected the crushed successful terrible symptom -- thing nary 1 with genuine attraction could disregard -- triggered him to spell onto the pitch. It was instinctive, human, and a reflection of conscionable however overmuch this squad and its radical mean to him."

Marinakis relinquished his presumption arsenic a idiosyncratic with important power of Forest successful caller weeks arsenic the nine closed successful connected improbable Champions League qualification.

UEFA has rules to barroom clubs from its competitions successful immoderate play if owners person "decisive influence" implicit 2 clubs which qualify. Marinakis is besides president of Olympiakos, who person qualified arsenic Greek champions.

With 2 rounds of the play to go, Forest are seventh -- 1 constituent down fifth-placed Chelsea. The apical 5 volition suffice for the Champions League.

Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.