Former Everton defender Michael Ball can "wholeheartedly understand" why Nottingham Forest head coach Steve Cooper questioned decisions made against the Reds at the City Ground this past weekend.
Forest were unhappy with the quality of refereeing against relegation-threatened Everton, are are reportedly preparing an official complaint about the standard of officiating across the current Premier League season to date.
Writing in his regular Liverpool Echo column, Ball - who also played for Man City and Leicester during his playing career - understood Cooper's protests but also found it "baffling" that "everything seems to be going against" Everton, who sit four places and four points below Forest in Premier League table.
