Former Nottingham Forest duo Glenn Murray and Michael Dawson laid into the match officials after the Reds' agonising defeat to Bournemouth.
Forest were edged out 1-0 by the Cherries at the Vitality Stadium in Tuesday night's crunch Championship clash. The result saw the home side clinch automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the visitors' hopes of joining them now rest with the play-offs.
The match was settled late on by a goal from substitute Kieffer Moore following a well-worked free kick. Steve Cooper's men, meanwhile, were left to reflect on what might have been, having been the better side in the first half.