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Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter

Boss Nuno Espirito Santo will be on the touchline when Nottingham Forest host Fulham.

The manager was expected to be banned after he was sent off in Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Brighton on Sunday.

But Forest have been given more time to submit their observations after Nuno and Morgan Gibbs-White were charged by the Football Association.

They initially had until Friday but requested an extension and now have until Wednesday, 2 October.

Nuno was dismissed and was charged by the FA with acting in an improper manner, with the Portuguese also alleged to have used abusive and/or insulting words towards a match official.

It came after Gibbs-White was sent off after receiving a second yellow card for a strong tackle on Joao Pedro with seven minutes left.

The Key Match Incidents Panel, which reviews the main decisions in the Premier League each week, was split 3-2 with the majority believing official Robert Jones was wrong to dismiss the midfielder.

The midfielder has been charged by the Football Association with acting in an improper manner and/or using abusive and/or insulting words towards fourth official Anthony Taylor.

Nuno already has a suspended one-game touchline ban – handed out in August – following his comments after Forest’s controversial 2-0 defeat at Everton in April which saw the club question the integrity of VAR Stuart Attwell on social media.