Nottingham Forest?s Champions League hopes hit by late Leicester leveller

If you had told Nottingham Forest fans in August that a point in their penultimate home game of the season would guarantee them European qualification, most would have bitten your hand off. Now, however, after it looked as if Chris Wood?s diving header had lifted them into fifth place, Facundo Buonanotte?s late equaliser means that Champions League qualification is out of their hands.
Qualifying for the Europa League (or Conference League) is no mean feat for Nuno Esp?rito Santo?s team but, having been sitting pretty in third place for the middle part of the season, it seems like a comedown now. Certainly that seemed to be Evangelos Marinakis?s reaction as the Forest owner strode on to the pitch at full time to have a few choice words with his manager.
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