Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi out of induced coma after serious abdominal injury
Nottingham Forest forward Taiwo Awoniyi is out of an induced coma after having urgent surgery following an abdominal injury sustained during Sunday’s match against Leicester City
- NEW DELHI — Nottingham Forest forward Taiwo Awoniyi is out of an induced coma
after having urgent surgery following an abdominal injury sustained during
Sunday’s match against Leicester City.
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- The 27-year-old was injured when he collided with a goal
post in the 2-2 draw against Leicester in the Premier League on Sunday and was
taken to hospital on Monday after further investigations by the Forest medical
team.
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- Having had the first part of the surgery on Monday, the
forward spent Tuesday in an induced coma as medical staff monitored his
progress as part of the procedure. Awoniyi had the second stage of the
operation, including closing the wound, on Wednesday, BBC reports.
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- On Tuesday, Nottingham Forest said that Awoniyi is
recovering well following urgent surgery.
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- Awoniyi had only been introduced as a substitute five
minutes earlier when he collided hard into a post as he attempted to score the
winning goal.
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- It later turned out that Elanga had been offside but the
sideline official didn’t raise their flag until after Awoniyi had struck the
post. Awoniyi had tried to carry on playing despite being in clear discomfort
after a lengthy treatment.
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- Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis came on to the pitch
after the game to express his concern to Espirito Santo over how Awoniyi's
injury was handled, sparking a heated discussion on the field between the
club’s owner Marinakis and manager Nuno Espirito Santo.
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- However, Nottingham Forest in its statement claimed the
reports of a confrontation with head coach Nuno Espirito Santo as "fake
news".
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- "The truth of the matter is there was no
confrontation with Nuno or with others, either on the pitch or inside the
stadium. There was only shared frustration among all of us that the medical
team should never have allowed the player to continue.
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- In light of this, we urge former coaches and players, and
other public figures in the game, to resist the urge to rush to judgment and
fake news online, especially when they do not have the full facts and context.
