Premier League release full audio of Everton vs Nottingham Forest VAR decisions as Howard Webb admits mistake
HOWARD WEBB has admitted the referee and VAR made a mistake by not awarding Nottingham Forest a penalty against Everton.
Forest fumed following their 2-0 defeat to the Toffees claiming they were wrongly denied with penalties.
The club released a statement condemning the PGMOL and their appointment of Stuart Attwell as VAR, claiming he is a Luton fan.
Forest are now likely to be hit by FOUR FA charges for their response, despite the Premier League Key Match Incident panel admitting they should have been awarded a penalty for Ashley Young’s tackle on Calum Hudson-Odoi.
Now PGMOL chief Webb has also accepted referee Anthony Taylor and the VAR made the incorrect decision not to award Forest a spot-kick, as they both mistakenly believed Young had made contact with the ball.
He said on Sky Sports: “We would have preferred an intervention on the situation.
“The referee waves away the penalty appeal, the VAR looks at it and asks himself the question – was the non-award clearly and obviously wrong and came to the conclusion that is wasn’t.
“He doesn’t see a clear action by Young that he considers to be worthy of intervention, one that reaches the threshold of being very clear.
“We would have preferred an intervention for the referee to go to the screen to make a judgement for himself in this situation, and he probably would have come out with a different outcome if that had happened.”
Young brought down Hudson-Odoi inside the penalty area after the winger was played through on goal by a team-mate.
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The incident had a big impact on the game as Forest would have been given the opportunity to level the game if a penalty had been awarded.
Instead they were beaten which led to their furious statement, which read: “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.”