NOTTINGHAM FOREST TOLD VAR DECISIONS WERE 'CORRECT' DURING EVERTON DEFEAT AS LUTON POINT MADE

Stan Collymore believes VAR officials made the correct decisions during Nottingham Forest's controversial defeat at Everton.

The Reds were left furious after Saturday's fixture at Goodison Park saw three penalty appeals turned down by the on-pitch referee and VAR. Forest lost 2-0 at one of their relegation rivals to leave them just a point clear of the bottom three with four games left.

The club went on to post an extraordinary statement on social media which saw them claim to have warned the PGMOL that VAR official Stuart Atwell was a Luton Town fan. The Reds have since requested the refereeing body release audio recordings between officials during the match on Merseyside.

But former Forest striker Collymore has shared why he believes the decisions made on Sunday by VAR officials were correct. He explains his view as to why all three appeals did not warrant penalties.

"I've looked at every angle available by broadcasters and my views (I'm not a Luton fan) are mine," he said on X.

"They concur with the officials. So I'm either a Sky 6 stooge, an experienced ex-pro showing no favour to any club, including ones I've played for, I hate Forest or on-pitch decisions were correct.

"First incident. Simulation. Reyna. Second incident. Arm in unnatural position but moving away from ball. No argument given or not.

"Third incident. 50/50 challenge. No foul. Young's only crime, wrong side of his man."

Meanwhile, Forest's ‘referee analyst’ Mark Clattenburg has slammed the refereeing decisions on Sunday, calling it "a grim game."

“One of these errors would have been bad enough. Three was a joke, and that is why Nottingham Forest were left feeling victimised after another defeat in which zero big decisions went their way," he said.

“In a season where they have had to endure some egregious refereeing, this trip to Everton was as grim a game as they have encountered since returning to the Premier League.”

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