Nottingham Forest have called on the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) to release the audio of conversations between the match officials during their defeat by Everton on Sunday, while the Premier League has said it is “extremely disappointed” by the club’s complaint that the video assistant referee (VAR) was a supporter of relegation rivals Luton.
Forest believe they should have been awarded three penalties during the match. Ashley Young was at the centre of three incidents which Forest felt merited a penalty. There were two alleged fouls and a handball that the on-field referee, Anthony Taylor, did not deem worthy of an offence and which the VAR, Stuart Attwell, did not intervene to overturn as Everton won 2-0 to leave Forest in 17th, one point and one place above Luton with four games remaining in the season.
