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Sarah Clapson

Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper 'crossing fingers' over double injury concern

Nottingham Forest have been left with a double injury concern after their 4-0 thumping of Reading at the City Ground.

A Keinan Davis brace and goals from Ryan Yates and Sam Surridge clinched three points against the Royals, to move the Reds to within two points of the play-off places.

But a dampener was put on the afternoon as defenders Max Lowe and Steve Cook were both forced off with injuries.

Forest had also been suffering with illness in the camp prior to the match, with winger Philip Zinckernagel left out of the matchday squad as a result.

“It’s come at a bit of a cost, with the two injuries. We’ll see how they are,” said boss Steve Cooper.

“With Cookie, we think it might be his ankle. It’s too early to say exactly how bad it is, so I don’t want to say anything too much.

“We’ve all got our fingers crossed for him and Max.”

Cook had to be helped off the pitch in the closing minutes of the victory, with Cooper having already made all three substitutions.

Lowe, meanwhile, came off in the first half, being replaced by Cafu as Jack Colback switched to the left wing-back spot.

It is the second time the Sheffield United loanee has suffered a groin problem when playing against Reading, having also being forced off in the reverse fixture back in November.

“We’re hoping it’s a bit of fatigue in his groin,” Cooper said of Lowe.

“We’ve had some illness in the camp. Djed (Spence) missed a few days and Phil has been sick.

“Max was sick for the Huddersfield game - you saw him go down in the second half. He was vomiting for the best part of 48 hours. We’re hoping maybe the body just wasn’t quite ready.

“We didn’t run any risks with anybody, but we’re hoping he just wasn’t quite ready for play.

“We’ve got our fingers crossed on that one. He just felt a bit of fatigue around the groin area.”

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