Tuesday's winner will contest the Champions League final in Munich later this month against either Arsenal or Paris Saint-Germain.

The 28-year-old's tally has surpassed Argentine great Lionel Messi's best ever total of 19 direct goal involvements with the Catalan giants in a Champions League campaign.

Forest, as is now customary, were content to sit in and play on the counter but it was a tactic that nearly reaped its ...