PGMOL chief executive Howard Webb said Nottingham Forest were likely to have been awarded one penalty in their controversial 2-0 loss to Everton.
Forest had three separate penalty appeals dismissed by referee Anthony Taylor following on-field decisions approved by VAR Stuart Attwell.
however, Game officials took the microphone.broadcast tonight Sky Sports Premier League At 7pm, Webb said Ashley Young’s tackle on Callum Hudson-Odoi should have seen referee Taylor sent to the pitch monitor.
“We would have preferred intervention in this situation for the referee to go to the screen and make his own judgment in the situation and if that had happened it probably would have been a different result.”
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Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has given his opinion on all three of Nottingham Forest’s penalty appeals against Everton.
Regarding the other two incidents, Webb said: “The first two incidents we felt were really subjective calls. The first incident involved Ashley Young’s contact on Gio Reyna. There was contact and the referee saw it. We didn’t think it had any impact. It was a disadvantage. It was a place where contact was minimal.
“The second was a handball penalty situation. The ball hit Ashley Young’s arm, he was moving to bring down a cross from short range and the referee decided the arm was in its natural position and a VAR check was done. We completed that. “We thought both situations matched our expectations.”
Forest later accused Attwell of being a Luton fan, saying they had “warned” the PGMOL before the match about the issue and that the club would “consider its options”.
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Former Premier League referee Mike Dean said he was ‘surprised’ by Nottingham Forest’s comments implying Stuart Atwell was a Luton Town fan and questioned why Attwell did not complain about being officiating earlier in the season.
The club then made a formal request to the PGMOL to release the VAR audio publicly, while the Football Association announced that it had “officially requested observations” from Forest, manager Nuno Espirito Santo, full-back Neco Williams and referee analyst Mark Clattenberg. comment.
The Premier League said it was “extremely disappointed” to read Forest’s post-match comments and said it would investigate the matter, adding: “It is never appropriate to inappropriately question the integrity of a match official.”
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Following Nottingham Forest’s suggestion that VAR Stuart Attwell is a Luton fan, Sky Sports News senior reporter Rob Dorsett explains how the PGMOL appoints referees for matches.
Forest called on PGMOL to “amend the rules on allegiance to account for contextual competition in league tables, not just regional competition”.
Clattenberg, a former Premier League referee who now works as a consultant for Forest, described the penalty decision as a “joke” in his column. daily mail And repeated Forest’s claim that “Luton fans like Attwell” should not attend the game.
‘Webb admits Attwell got one wrong’
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Rob Dorsett analyzes the controversial decision not to award a penalty to Nottingham Forest in three incidents against Everton.
Sky Sports News senior reporter Rob Dorsett:
“In the first two incidents we did not hear or see the match officials. The first incident was his challenge on Ashley Young and Giovanni Reyna. Howard Webb explained as far as that was concerned: Yes, there was contact, but he should not have been punished. There wasn’t enough contact.
“They are satisfied that one is not a fine and that PGMOL officials followed procedures correctly and made the right decision.
“They felt the same way about Nottingham Forest’s second penalty claim, which was a handball by Callum Hudson-Odoi against Ashley Young that struck him in the arm.
“Howard Webb said he felt Ashley Young’s arm was in its natural position. I think that’s subjective and Forest fans could potentially have a different view on that, but he also pointed out that he was very close to the ball. My thoughts. I think that could be the case and I agreed that there was no time to react and he was satisfied that the process was done correctly and it was not a penalty.
“By the way, there is something called the Key Match Incidents Panel that breaks down all the big incidents in every game every week. This is not public at the moment, but my understanding is that the panel is made up of former players – former players, former managers and coaches – We agree with PGMOL that neither of these two incidents should result in a penalty.
“But in the third incident, Howard Webb admitted they were at fault. They think Anthony Taylor made a mistake because he thought Ashley Young had hit the ball. And the bigger mistake was Stuart Atwell didn’t overturn it and the referee didn’t hit the ball. I saw it correctly and admitted that Ashley Young didn’t actually touch the ball and at least asked him to go to the big screen.
“So Howard Webb, the head of England’s referees, has pretty much admitted that his team was wrong.”
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