Nottingham Forest have again questioned the integrity of VAR in a slightly more reasonable statement to their post-match madness, asking for the audio recordings between officials in their 2-0 defeat to Everton to be released.
Forest were furious not to be awarded spot-kicks by Anthony Taylor for challenges on Giovanni Reyna and Callum Hudson-Odoi by Ashley Young, who in the meantime had looked fortunate to escape a handball decision with VAR official Stuart Attwell backing the referee.
Full transparency to ensure integrity
and in a further statement have asked for full transparency through access to the referees audio.
Nottingham Forest has today submitted a formal request to the PGMOL to release into the public domain the audio recordings between officials during yesterday’s match against Everton at Goodison Park.
The club has requested this be shared for three key match incidents Ashley Young’s challenge on Giovanni Reyna (24th minute), Ashley Young’s handball (44th minute) and Ashley Young’s challenge on Callum Hudson-Odoi (56th minute).
We firmly advocate for the broader football community and supporters to have access to the audio and transcript for full transparency, ensuring the integrity of our sport is upheld.
READ MORE:
minutes after the final whistle on Sunday, claiming bias on the part of official Stuart Atwell.
The club posted on X: Three extremely poor decisions – three penalties not given – which we simply cannot accept.
We warned the PGMOL that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game, but they didn’t change him. Our patience has been tested multiple times.
NFFC will now consider its options.
Show a little bit of class
Forest’s post received a scathing response from Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher, who accused the club of lacking “class”.
: “It tells you where we are with the Premier League now and the clubs. Stuart Attwell and Anthony Taylor have had an horrific day today, awful, and they should be rightly criticised for that and that could have real implications for Nottingham Forest.
