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Jamie Carragher finds out about Nottingham Forest VAR tweet live on Sky Sports and dismantles the entire club

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Updated 16:33 21 Apr 2024 GMT+1Published 16:28 21 Apr 2024 GMT+1

Jamie Carragher finds out about Nottingham Forest VAR tweet live on Sky Sports and dismantles the entire club

Jamie Carragher couldn't believe it.

Alex Brotherton

Alex Brotherton

Jamie Carragher slammed Nottingham Forest when he found out about the club's VAR tweet live on air.

After losing 2-0 to Everton in the Premier League on Sunday, Nottingham Forest took the extraordinary step of claiming that the Video Assistant Referee [VAR] was biased against them.

Forest were left aggrieved when they had three strong penalty shouts turned down by referee Anthony Taylor.

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VAR Stuart Attwell reviewed the incidents, which included a potential Ashley Young handball and then a foul by the former Manchester United man on Callum Hudson-Odoi, but did not overturn the on-field decisions.

The result gave Everton a huge boost in their fight against relegation, while leaving Forest just a point above the drop zone with four games left to play.

After the match, Forest took to social media to suggest that VAR Attwell was biased against Forest because he supports fellow relegation strugglers Luton Town, who are one point behind them.

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In a post on X, Forest claimed that they "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."

Forest said that they will consider their options.



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Jamie Carragher, at Craven Cottage to cover Liverpool's match against Fulham, found out about the tweet live on air.

After reading it, he blasted Forest live on Sky Sports.

"It tells you where we are with the Premier League right now and the clubs.

"Stuart Attwell and Anthony Taylor have had a horrific day today, awful, and they should be rightly criticised for that.

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"It could have real implications for Nottingham Forest, [so] I get the frustration. But that, what I've just read there on social media, that's like a fan in a pub. That is embarrassing from Nottingham Forest.

"I get the frustration, but that rubbish, that the VAR is a Luton fan - they can't get involved in that. You've got to show a little bit of class as a football club.

"I get it, the frustration. The officials have had an awful day, terrible. But you can't get involved in that, that's nonsense."

The Football Association have confirmed that they will investigate Forest's tweet as it calls into question the integrity of the game.

Featured Image Credit: Sky Sports / @NFFC

Topics: Nottingham Forest, VAR, Premier League, Jamie Carragher, Everton, Luton Town

Alex Brotherton
Alex Brotherton

Alex Brotherton is a journalist at SPORTbible. He has previously worked with publications including the Manchester Evening News, GOAL and BBC Sport. He is a football fanatic, but also dabbles in tennis and American football. He can often be found watching dreadful non-league football.

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