Jamie Carragher claims Nottingham Forest should have been awarded a first-half penalty against Everton after the ball hit Ashley Young on the arm.
The decision was not in favor of the Goodison Park visitors because Young’s arm was deemed to be in a “natural position for the movement he was making”.
But Carragher disagreed and felt it was a penalty for Forest.
He told Sky Sports at half-time: “No, that’s a penalty.”
“Listen, you can talk about proximity, but the VAR hasn’t mentioned it. His arm is outside his body, he’s getting bigger and the ball just falls towards Chris Wood in the six-yard box.
Jamie Carragher felt Nottingham Forest should have had a penalty for handball
Ashley Young’s arm was apparently in a “natural position for the movement she was making.”
“Ashley Young is very lucky and I think we’ll hear from Mark Clattenburg after the game.”
Many took to X (formerly Twitter) to express their opinions on the incident and the VAR team’s lack of intervention.
One Forest fan wrote: ‘Handball stone wall penalty!!!! Horrible as hell.
Another said: “VAR serves no purpose.” There is no world in which that is not a shame. Except this one. Fair play to Anthony Taylor, he’s been good. Whoever the VAR official is, as established, needs to be fired. Damn misfortune.’
Nottingham Forest fans were quick to complain about the decision on X (formerly Twitter)
Those responsible for the VAR were harshly criticized for not awarding a penalty to the visitors on Sunday.
“There was a clear penalty for Nott’m Forest, the VAR was terrible for not sanctioning it. Disgusting refereeing,” wrote another person who was watching the game at Goodison Park.
However, others chimed in to defend the decision, with one writing “That’s a var call” and a second adding: “Your opinions don’t matter!” in relation to Carragher’s claim.
But other X users defended the decision made by VAR officials in the relegation clash.
It has been another weekend of hotly debated decisions, following Jack Grealish’s penalty or the corner incident in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday night.
“Yesterday Chelsea were denied a possible safe penalty or corner,” wrote one X user, adding: “VAR is a joke. And nothing more than a system of bias.”
It was noted that it was another bad weekend for VAR following the Jack Grealish incident.
Everton took a first-half lead through Idrissa Gueye just before the half-hour mark and doubled their lead when Dwight McNeil scored in the 76th minute.
More to continue…