Nottingham Forest 1-2 (4-2) Fenerbahce LIVE – Forest survive scare to book place in Round of 16

“We have ambition in the Europa League and our ambition is to move forward to the next stage.

“But we are not comfortable in our position in the Premier League and this is very important to the club and the fans to avoid a bad situation.”

“My intention was to give confidence to everybody but, in the end, it’s difficult to look in the eyes of the players and make four substitutes.

“Elliot [Anderson] and Neco [Williams] it was a pity. My intention was for them to not play 90 minutes, but in the end they did. I hope they can recover for the next game.”

We will have reactions from both Vitor Pereira and Domenico Tedesco shortly.

So, Forest are through to the Round of 16. But it was not easy.

Two goals from Kerem Aktürkoglu caused a lot of nervousness inside the City Ground, but a second-half strike from substitute Callum Hudson-Odoi was enough to add a layer of comfort.

The draw for the Round of 16 takes place at 12:00pm GMT tomorrow in Nyon, where Forest will learn whether they will face Real Betis or FC Midtjylland.

Just like the first half, there will be four additional minutes of injury time.

That would have been the game.

Anderson wins possession and emerges unscathed. He sends Hutchinson in behind the Fenerbahçe backline. Hutchinson readies himself and tries to bend it around the goalkeeper, but his attempt is saved.

He will feel that he could have done much better.

We’re entering the final stages of this encounter.

Just four days ago, Forest fell to a late injury-time winner from Alexis Mac Allister.

They need to ensure that they are defensively smart and see this game out professionally.

Nicolas Dominguez’s day is over.

Morgan Gibbs-White will take his place.

Things are starting to gel for Forest.

Igor Jesus was slotted through on goal but his shot is saved by the onrushing Tarık Cetin.

Levant Mercan and Alaettin Ekici are on for Archie Brown and Sidiki Cherif as Tedesco tries to mix things up in search of a late comeback.

Hudson-Odoi has been electric in this 30-minute cameo so far.

He has just seen another effort flash just wide of the bottom-right corner.

The atmosphere has picked up once again and Forest are starting to enjoy more of the ball.

A sense of relief has been restored at the City Ground.

Callum Hudson-Odoi has found the back of the net with a neat finish into the bottom-right corner.

Vitor Pereira is ecstatic on the touchline and Evangelos Marinakis has just breathed a huge sigh of relief.

The Forest fans are in full voice now, mocking the away end by turning their phone flashlights on.

Play is stopped as Aktürkoglu is down.

The Fenerbahçe forward collided with Ola Aina in a 50-50, and the former has seemed to come off worse, but he should be fine to come back on.

Marco Asensio, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Aston Villa, has taken the place of Oğuz Aydın.

Ortega will continue and Gunn is sent back to the bench.

There is roughly 30 minutes for Fenerbahçe to grab one, if not two goals with the way that this game has gone so far.

To make matters slightly worse, Stefan Ortega is down clutching his knee.

Angus Gunn has been sent to do a precautionary warmup.

Forest are starting to create some opportunities.

Neco Williams takes the ball in his stride and unleashes from distance, but it sails over the bar.

Cunha almost went straight back from zero to hero, but his effort is straight at Tarık Cetin.

The follow-up attempt from Nicolas Dominguez is also wide of the target.

Forest now only lead by one goal!

Aktürkoglu dispatches from the spot for his second goal of the night.

There is a real feeling of nervousness now among the Forest fans.

The second half has just started and Jair Cunha has fouled Aktürkoglu in the box, forcing Maurizio Mariani to point to the spot.

Aktürkoglu will take…

As expected, Semedo is on for Fenerbahce, replacing Dorgeles Nene.

However, what was not expected is a quadruple substitution for Forest.

Ibrahim Sangare, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ola Aina and Igor Jesus have come on for Ryan Yates, Murillo, Lorenzo Lucca.

Former Wolves defender Nelson Semedo has been out on the pitch going through intense preparations for the entirety of the interval.

It is rather tense here at the City Ground.

Nerves are showing and the first-half strike from the visitors has not helped.

It is still all to play for – with two goals needed from Fenerbahçe for the contest to go to extra time.