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Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi is in an induced coma after having the first phase of surgery on a serious abdominal injury.

The Nigeria international, 27, collided with the post in the 88th minute of the 2-2 draw against Leicester at the City Ground on Sunday as he attempted to get on the end of a cross from Anthony Elanga.

He had surgery on Monday night and remains in hospital, with the rest of the procedure set to be completed on Wednesday.

In a statement earlier on Tuesday, Forest said Awoniyi was "recovering well" following the operation.

After the incident on Sunday, he received treatment on the pitch and was able to continue but was visibly struggling when the match restarted.

Awoniyi, who joined Forest from Union Berlin in June 2022, had only been on the pitch for five minutes, having come on as a late substitute for Ibrahim Sangare.

Owner Evangelos Marinakis took to the field after the game to express his concern to manager Nuno Espirito Santo over how Awoniyi's injury was handled.

Marinakis is being kept updated on the forward's condition.

jojo1415:
No wonder the owner of the club was furious with the head coach.

whippersnapper:
That's why i love Ronaldo. He hardly gets injured. Not like that midget fraud

Kingluqman:
Wetin carry Ronaldo enter here now? You no fit live Ronaldo reach me but make una dey use sense once in a while now. Which player nor dey get injury? Some people go just Wurugbon lẹnu dey yarn dust

whippersnapper:
That's why i love Ronaldo. He hardly gets injured. Not like that midget fraud

Kingluqman:
Awoniyi situation was not the reason why he was furious at Nuno. It's because the whole team was playing rubbish and they needed the match because Newcastle already defeated Chelsea 2 nil that day. And the owner is a chronic gambler

dominique:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cn0g8qyjywjo

Chucks13:
Pls what kind of mysterious injury is this? A player accidently bang his stomach on goal post now turned "sos" situation, what type of pole is that?