Nottingham Forest forward Taiwo Awoniyi has woken from an induced coma after having surgery to repair a serious abdominal injury.
Awoniyi was taken to hospital on Monday, having collided with a goalpost in the closing stages of the 2-2 draw against Leicester City on Sunday.
Awoniyi sustained a ruptured intestine in the incident.
Having had the first part of the surgery on Monday, the striker spent Tuesday in an induced coma as medical staff monitored his progress as part of the procedure.
Awoniyi had the second stage of the operation, including closing the wound, on Wednesday.
He was subsequently woken from the induced coma in the early evening.
Forest are set to open an internal review into the episode.
Awoniyi received lengthy medical attention on the pitch after the collision, and he appeared to inform medics that he could continue.
It soon became clear he was still feeling the effects of the collision, but he remained on the field. By that stage, head coach Nuno Espirito Santo had fielded his allocation of substitutes.
Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis came on to the pitch after the game to express his concern to Espirito Santo over how Awoniyi’s injury was handled.
This was amid fears regarding the forward’s health as TV footage clearly showed the Nigerian player was uncomfortable.
It is understood the club will seek to establish the facts around why Awoniyi was allowed back on to the field of play.
There was a clear focus on the club’s medical team in a statement released by Forest in confirming Awoniyi’s surgery on Tuesday, citing a “shared frustration between all of us that the medical team should never have allowed the player to continue”.
