Morgan Gibbs-White dedicated his goal against West Ham to stricken team-mate Taiwo Awoniyi as Nottingham Forest kept their Champions League hopes alive with a 2-1 win.

The Reds captain held Awoniyi’s shirt up to the crowd after scoring the opening goal in the first half.

Striker Awoniyi is recovering from emergency abdominal surgery, having been placed in an induced coma, after colliding with a goalpost in last weekend’s Premier League home draw against Leicester.

Forest’s players had warmed up wearing shirts with Awoniyi’s name and number nine on the back, with a message on the front reading “we’re all with you Taiwo”.

Nikola Milenkovic added a controversial second, and although Jarrod Bowen pulled a spectacular volley back, Forest – already assured of some form of European football next season – set up a potential last-day shootout with Chelsea for the fifth and final Champions League place.