Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis insisted his on-field debate with manager Nuno Espirito Santo following Sunday’s 2-2 Premier League draw at home to Leicester was due to his frustration at “the medical staff’s misjudgement” regarding an injury to striker Taiwo Awoniyi.
The Greek stormed onto the pitch following the final whistle at the City Ground to confront Nuno after Facundo Buonanotte’s 81st-minute equaliser earned the already-relegated Foxes a point that took Forest’s bid to qualify for the Champions League out of their own hands.
Nevertheless, Sunday’s result guarantees Forest a top-seven finish that will end the two-time European champions’ near three-decade long exile from continental football.