Premier League release statement as Nottingham Forest denied penalty after ball hit Wolves player's arm
Nottingham Forest were denied a penalty against Wolverhampton Wanderers after the ball hit Rayan Ait-Nouri's arm in the area.
Ola Aina He sent a dented cross into Ait-Nouri's hand, although no penalty was awarded to the visitors, who were already leading 1-0 at Molineux.
Aina was among the Forest players who ran over appealing to referee Peter Bankes, who ruled it was not a penalty.
The Premier League Match Center posted on X shortly after the incident to confirm that it was “reviewed and confirmed by VAR.”
“The referee's invalid sanction for a possible handball by Ait-Nouri was verified and confirmed by the VAR, which considered that his arm was in a natural position,” he wrote in X.
It didn't affect Forest too much in their attempt to solidify their place in the top four with Nuno Holy SpiritThe men were 2-0 up at half-time.
Morgan Gibbs-White He struck after seven minutes with an excellent run from Forest's own half to the penalty area.
Before reaching attacking distance, Gibbs-White left the pass to Antonio Elanga who squared up for the former Wolves man to score and open the scoring.
Gibbs-White would have sought to impress the England coach Thomas Tuchelwho appeared photographed in the stands of Molineux.
Just before the break, Chris Wood He scored his 12th goal of the Premier League season, doubling his team's lead over Wolves.
It was another well-worked move from the visitors who went on the counter-attack when Callum Hudson-Odoi sent a clipped pass to Wood's feet to send it into the net.
a victory for Nottingham Forest They will see them finish second in the league standings, tied on points with the title chasers. Arsenal.
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For Wolves, a home defeat would end new coach Vitor Pereira's unbeaten run, having won two games and drawn one game so far.
The next confrontation of the Espirito Santo team luton city in the third round of the FA Cup before a difficult home clash with Liverpool.
They will take confidence, however, as they were the only team to defeat the leaders this season with a 1-0 win at Anfield in September.
