Forest asks PGMOL to release VAR audio from Everton game

VAR controversy from the Nottingham Forest game at Everton has led to the former asking for public release of the audio between officials. On Sunday, Nottingham Forest suffered a damaging defeat at Goodison Park against relegation rivals Everton. However, several key decisions went against Forest, and that transpired into the club calling out the Premier League and the Professional Game Match Officials Limited, or PGMOL, which assigns and directs referees.

Following the loss on Sunday, Forest laid out harsh criticism toward the referee association.

“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.”

It appears one of those options is to press the Premier League into releasing the VAR audio. In on Monday, Nottingham Forest announced that it submitted a formal request to release the audio recordings into the public domain. In particular, Forest highlighted three moments that it believes changed the course of the game. All three of these relate to Everton fullback Ashley Young.

In the 26th minute, he tackled Gio Reyna from behind. Then, just before halftime, the controversial no-call on a handball in the box happened when the ball clearly struck Young’s hand. Finally, in the 56th minute, Young brought down Callum Hudson-Odoi in the box in what looked like a clear penalty. Center referee Anthony Taylor waved away all three of Forest’s claims. The Tricky Trees lost the game, 2-0.

Forest rightly asks for Everton VAR audio

Despite Ashley Young playing off the three incidents as ‘correctly given,’ the drama emanating from Sunday’s game speaks volumes about the larger issue. Referee issues and improper use of VAR have plagued the Premier League this season. Earlier in the campaign, Liverpool fell to Tottenham…

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Author : Kyle Fansler

Publish date : 2024-04-22 16:29:53

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