Nottingham Forest manager Oliver Glasner has expressed fierce frustration after VAR controversially disallowed Neco Williams’ potential winning goal in a 0-0 Premier League draw against Tottenham Hotspur at the City Ground.
In the 67th minute, Morgan Gibbs-White lifted a shot toward the goal, leading to a goal-line scramble where Neco Williams forced the ball over the line.
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Referee Craig Pawson initially awarded the goal on the pitch, but VAR Peter Bankes intervened and overturned it, ruling that Williams had handled the ball with his arm before it went in.
In a chat with BBC, Glasner accused the VAR official of guessing that contact was made with the arm due to a moving shirt, insisting there was no clear and obvious evidence to overturn the on-field decision
“It’s not clear and obvious. We have a briefing before the season that the VAR threshold should be high again when VAR intervenes and I think it was not clear and obvious.
“For me it is a clear penalty when Neco Williams gets fouled because (Mohammed) Kudus doesn’t even jump into the ball and when this situation happens anywhere on the pitch it is always a foul. In these two situations we were not very lucky.
“Huge fight from both teams and like last year every game is decided by small margins. I think we had them today on our side but if there is a disallowed goal in such a tight game we have to take the point.
“It’s not clear and obvious. If the referee gives handball during the game, I think the VAR shouldn’t intervene. You needed four different angles and then you guessed that he probably touched the ball with his arm.
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“The VAR should say to stay with the onfield decision because it is about strengthening the referee. Stick to the onfield decision.
“We had a big chance before half-time with Morgan (Gibbs-White), but we didn’t take it so on the other side if we take our clear chances we had, I think we should have won the game.”
