Ola Aina was in action for relegation threatened Nottingham Forest who defeated visiting Fulham 3-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday.
It was Aina’s second appearance since recovering from the injury he sustained at the 2023 AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire.
Aina, who was named in Forest’s starting 11, was replaced with seven minutes left in the game.
Also in the game were the duo of Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey.
While Bassey saw 90 minutes of action, Iwobi was one of three players Fulham manager took off Marco Silva in the 33rd minute.
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Tosin Adarabioyo got Fulham’s goal which was not enough to avoid the defeat.
It was a game Forest needed maximum points as they try to avoid the drop.
They took the lead on nine minutes before Chris Wood made it 2-0 in the 19th minute.
In the third minute of first half stoppage time, Morgan Gibbs-White got the third goal.
The win saw Forest, in 17th place, take their points tally to 25 and are three points from the relegation spot.
On their part, Fulham are in 13th position on 39 points.
