Gary Neville fumes at 'ridiculous' VAR decision in Man United vs Nottingham Forest

Gary Neville embarked on a rant on commentary for Sky Sports after Matheus Cunha's goal for Manchester United against Nottingham Forest was allowed to stand.

After Morato equalised for Forest to cancel out Luke Shaw's opener, United regained the lead when Cunha calmly slotted home past Mats Selz inside the box.

However the goal was extremely controversial as the ball was handled by Bryan Mbeumo in the build-up.

The Cameroonian's shot was blocked after the action, with the ball dropping to Cunha who made it 2-1.

The goal was given on-field and then a mandatory VAR review took place. However, much to the surprise of many, referee Michael Salisbury stuck to the original decision and announced to Old Trafford that it would stand because the handball was "accidental".

Despite his allegiance to United, former captain Neville strongly disagreed with the decision.

He fumed: "The goal stands? Oh my goodness. That is an absolute shocker in every single way. Honestly, that is ridiculous. The amount of time that it's taken. The VAR have been quite clear to the referee. They have said, this should be disallowed, he's handballed it, he's controlled it with his arm and brought it into play. The referee has gone over to that screen and overruled the VAR. I can't believe what I've just seen."

"I think that's an absolute shocker in every single way!"

Gary Neville reacts to the referee overruling VAR to allow Cunha's goal to stand 🤯 pic.twitter.com/lS0AxuONcN

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The law from IFAB states that a handball offence is committed if a player "scores a goal against the other team with their hand/arm or scores immediately after the ball has touched their hand/arm (even if the touch was accidental)".

Neville revealed that the Premier League Match Centre had said the handling was deemed to be an accident as the ball bounced up from his hip.

Had Mbeumo been the one that scored and nut Cunha, it appears as though it would have been ruled out.