Sean Dyche was fuming after Man Utd benefitted from a “really poor decision” by referee Darren England as Nottingham Forest drew at home on Saturday.Â
Casemiro opened the scoring in the first half when he headed home from a corner, but the goal was a controversial one. Forest players argued the corner should never have been given as the ball didn’t go over the line, but VAR could not intervene.
The Tricky Trees hit back with two quickfire goals from Morgan Gibbs-White and Nicolo Savona, the man who thought he kept the ball in play earlier, to put them in front shortly after the interval.
But Amad Diallo scored with a wonderful strike off another corner with ten minutes left on the clock to level matters and share the spoils.
The dubious decision comes just a week after Bournemouth scored against Forest from a corner that should not have been awarded by the referee or his assistant. Replays showed the ball had come off a Cherries player for the corner rather than a Forest defender.
Sean Dyche slams referee decision as Forest and Man Utd draw
“It’s not inconclusive,” Dyche told Sky Sports. “I’ve seen it back. That’s two decisions that are not right that have gone against us. They give corners that aren’t corners. They gave one last week and one this week. It’s a really poor decision.
“That decides a lot. We are fighting for our lives to get up the table.”
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Gibbs-White was also critical of the decision and suggested that VAR should be be allowed to review such incidents.
“To get a point is good but the dressing room is frustrated not to get all three,” he said.
“We conceded two silly corners (from which they scored), I don’t think the first one was even a corner. From where I was standing, I was pretty far away, all the boys were saying at half-time the ball hadn’t gone out.
“It’s something that needs looking at because it has cost us two extra points today.
“It’s time to kick-on. We need to start getting more points.”
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