Dean Ashton shares whether Nottingham Forest should have had a penalty for Taiwo Awoniyi incident
09/30/2024 01:00 PM
Nottingham Forest complaints will once again take priority place in Howard Webb’s inbox this morning as the dust settles on this weekend’s Premier League action.
It’s no surprise once again that Evangelos Marinakis is thought to be furious with what he witnessed at the City Ground on Saturday as Forest were beaten 1-0 by Fulham.
A drab game of Premier League football was once again settled by someone watching the game miles away from Stockley Park.
In fairness, the decision to award a penalty against Murillo for a foul on Andreas Pereira was probably right – but Forest could have had two penalties of their own.
The Reds were hard done by once again and in fairness, the match officials were pretty poor throughout the contest on Saturday.
Forest will have to dust themselves down ahead of a tough trip to in-form Chelsea but for now, the debate rumbles on over the contentious decisions at the weekend.
Dean Ashton thinks Nottingham Forest should have had a penalty vs Fulham
One of the big decisions from Saturday came in the first half when Taiwo Awoniyi burst through to get on the end of a high ball and was seemingly kicked by Joachim Anderson.
The defender kicked the player’s foot as he was attempting to clear ball and Awoniyi came crashing to the deck.
The referee nor the VAR were amused and the play continued to half-time where the scores remained goalless.
Ashton knows all about playing as a striker in the Premier League and he thinks Awoniyi can count himself very unlucky indeed.
He said on Ref Watch earlier today: “I think that’s a penalty. Our job as strikers is to get there first, which he does. It’s a normal way that he falls and he gets lifted from the challenge and I actually thought that was a penalty.”
Forest aggrieved again by inconsistent VAR
It’s gone way beyond a joke now. The worst thing about Saturday was the drab performance from Forest but the officials certainly didn’t help things.
Forest will hope to get some more decisions in their favour this season with last season descending into utter farce at various points.
| Position | Team | PlayedMP | WonW | DrawnD | LostL | ForGF | AgainstGA | DiffGD | PointsPts |
| 8 | TottenhamTottenham | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 9 | BrightonBrighton | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Nottm ForestNottingham Forest | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | BrentfordBrentford | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Man UtdManchester United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
Ashton is right about the Awoniyi incident. Anderson only has eyes for the ball but in trying to kick it he completely cleans out the Forest striker and it should be a foul.
All the Reds can do, however, is frame the latest apology from Webb and his PGMOL boffins and simply try to put things right against Chelsea next weekend.
