Nottingham’s Steve Cooper offers positive injury updates on Taiwo Awoniyi

The Nigerian international was injured during last week’s 1-0 win over Southampton after scoring the winner for the Reds and was forced to watch his side from the stands against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Forest beat Wolves 4-3 on penalties after the game had finished 1-1 in regular time in their League Cup quarterfinal encounter to reach a cup semi-final for the first time in over two decades on Wednesday.

And Cooper on Taiwo Awoniyi injury via NottinghamshireLive: “Taiwo didn’t make it for this one. We’re working away with him for the weekend. We’ve got our fingers crossed on that one.

“I’m not going to ever cry about things that are going against us, but our injury list is really unfortunate at the moment,” he concluded.

The Reds will now face Manchester United over two legs for a place in the final at Wembley. Forest are in the last four for the first time since 1992 and Cup fever is evident on Trentside.