Nottingham Forest have slammed “baseless and ill-informed outrage” over the on-pitch confrontation between the club’s owner, Evangelos Marinakis, and manager Nuno Espirito Santo. The Greek

Forest have said owner Marinakis stormed onto the pitch against Leicester on Sunday because of the "deep frustration" he felt at seeing forward Awoniyi in pain, and denied there was a confrontation with manager Espirito Santo.

The club has responded to criticism of owner Evangelos Marinakis’ exchange with manager Nuno as Forest dropped points at the weekend