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'The whole world could see' - Ola Aina steers blame on Premier League officials for Nottingham Forest team-mate Taiwo Awoniyi's horror injury that required emergency surgery

<p>Awoniyi was <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/nottingham-forest-taiwo-awoniyi-out-induced-coma-successful-surgery-clash-woodwork-leicester/blt1c072b8acac9160f" target="_blank">awoken from an induced coma</a> on Wednesday after undergoing surgery to repair a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/nottingham-forest-taiwo-awoniyi-induced-coma-emergency-surgery-near-fatal-injury-leicester/blt79bf3a9faaebe142" target="_blank">serious abdominal injury</a> that stemmed from the 27-year-old colliding with a post in Forest's 2-2 draw with Leicester City on Sunday. Antony Elanga was offside in the build-up to the incident but the assistant referee did not raise their flag until the play was completed. But team-mate Aina suggested this protocol, which was introduced in 2020, should be binned as "the whole world could see" Elanga was offside.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>He told <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-14711335/Nottingham-Forest-Ola-Aina-Taiwo-Awoniyi.html" target="_blank">The Daily Mail</a>: "Anthony was miles offside. The whole world could see and so could I from where I was. You think 'offside' straight away. Surely you could just lift the flag up? None of this would have happened to 'T' if the flag had just gone up, would it?"</p>

WHAT (INSERT NAME) SAID

<p>Injuries like this may lead to a rethink of this protocol but the way this incident was handled by Forest has also drawn scrutiny. Club owner <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/scandalous-owner-gary-neville-tells-nuno-espirito-santo-quit-nottingham-forest-evangelos-marinakis-storms-pitch/blt3b6fef6dd9054fb7" target="_blank">Evangelos Marinakis came onto the pitch</a> at City Ground after the game, allegedly to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/nottingham-forest-owner-evangelos-marinakis-nuno-espirito-santo-leicester-draw-champions-league-qualification/bltd67dcf2cc7fa00db" target="_blank">express his frustration to manager Nuno Espirito Santo</a> - who had used all his blocks of substitutes and therefore could not replace Awoniyi - how this was handled. This has been a dark few days for Forest.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>While Awoniyi continues his recovery, Forest are set to open an internal review into the incident and establish just what went wrong. </p>

WHAT NEXT?

'The whole world could see' - Ola Aina steers blame on Premier League officials for Nottingham Forest team-mate Taiwo Awoniyi's horror injury that required emergency surgery | Goal.com

Nottingham Forest star Ola Aina says Taiwo Awoniyi&apos;s serious injury would never have occured if the assistant referee had raised his flag earlier.

&apos;The whole world could see&apos; - Ola Aina steers blame on Premier League officials for Nottingham Forest team-mate Taiwo Awoniyi&apos;s horror injury that required emergency surgery