Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest Throw Into Chaos After Two Major VAR Calls

Liverpool and Nottingham Forest supporters were left fuming after falling on the wrong side of separate decisions in the first half of their Premier League fixture at Anfield.

Arne Slot and his Liverpool side may have been hoping that their fortunes would improve after the international break, having endured a tough start to their Premier League title defence.

The Reds were up against Sean Dyche’s Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon (November 22), and things quickly turned sour for the home side.

On 33 minutes, Forest defender Murillo slammed home from a corner to make it 1-0, with some Liverpool supporters claiming that Dan Ndoye was standing in Alisson’s eyeline in a similar way to when Virgil van Dijk’s header against Manchester City was ruled out for Andrew Robertson impeding Gianluigi Donnarumma.

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Liverpool 0-1 Nottingham Forest.

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The goal stood before, just minutes later, Forest had the ball in the net again, this time thanks to Igor Jesus, before Andy Madley ruled the strike out for handball despite it initially appearing that the ball struck the Brazilian’s chest.

After a VAR check, the referee's decision was upheld, and the goal was ruled out, meaning the score stayed at 1-0.

Igor Jesus goal for Nottingham Forest cancelled due to a handball

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And the two sets of supporters were quick to voice their thoughts on both of the controversial decisions via social media.

One said: “Look at that man. Ndoye is right in front of Alisson. How have they given that after what did disallowed for us in literally the last game we played?”

Another added: “Alisson wasn’t getting to that ball regardless of Ndoye, but we just want some consistency ffs. It was the same as the Robbo one, but of course, the opposite decision.”

A third claimed: “VAR has got both those decisions wrong!! If VVD was offside last week, then Ndoye is definitely offside today! Where is the consistency? Equally, that wasn’t a handball for #NFO second. Cancelled each other out, I guess, 1-0 is a fair scoreline.”

A fourth commented: "On what planet is Ndoye making less impact than Robertson was against City, though? The inconsistency is just impossible to follow."

While a fifth fumed: "PGMOL need to disband tonight! How are they ruling that second goal out?!!!! Not clearly and obviously a handball at all."

The Premier League Match Centre has since offered an explanation as to why Murillo's goal stood despite Liverpool's demonstrations.

A post read: “The referee’s call of goal was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed that Ndoye was not in the line of vision of Alisson and did not make an action that impacted an opponent.”

A second post then homed in on the controversial disallowed goal.

"The referee’s call of no goal was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed that Jesus accidentally handled the ball before scoring," read the post.

Forest did add a second on 46 minutes via Nicolo Savona, who finished Neco Williams' cutback to silence a stunned Anfield.