Premier League release statement as Nottingham Forest denied penalty after ball strikes Wolves player’s arm

01/06/2025 03:59 PM

Nottingham Forest were denied a penalty against Wolverhampton Wanderers after the ball struck Rayan Ait-Nouri’s arm in the box.

Ola Aina sent in a chipped cross which hit Ait-Nouri’s hand, although no penalty was awarded to the visitors, who were already leading 1-0 at Molineux.

Aina was amongst the Forest players who ran over appealing to referee Peter Bankes, who deemed it not a penalty.

The Premier League Match Centre posted on X shortly after the incident to confirm that it was ‘checked and confirmed by VAR’.

“The referee's call of no penalty for a potential handball by Ait-Nouri was checked and confirmed by VAR, who deemed his arm was in a natural position” it wrote on X.

It didn’t affect Forest too much in their bid to consolidate their place in the top four with Nuno Espirito Santo’s men going 2-0 up at half time.

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