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Everton star Ashley Young has taken aim at Nottingham Forest in a taunting social media post. The defender was at the centre of three controversial moments when Nuno Espirito Santo\u2019s side travelled to Goodison Park over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Everton cruised to a 2-0 victory on Sunday, with Idrissa Gana Gueye and Dwight McNeil both getting on the scoresheet for Sean Dyche\u2019s side. Forest were unhappy with how the match panned out though, releasing a statement shortly after the full-time whistle sounded. The City Ground outfit felt that they should have been awarded three penalties during the match and claimed they would take action against PGMOL as a result.<\/p>\n
All three incidents involved Young, who was somewhat fortunate to escape any sort of punishment via VAR. The ex-Manchester United star appeared to kick Giovanni Reyna without touching the ball in the first half, just moments before he appeared to block Callum Hudson-Odoi\u2019s cross with his hand from close range. Both claims were waved away by referee Anthony Taylor, as was his crunching challenge on Hudson-Odoi from behind without playing the ball.<\/p>\n
Forest have complained about the level of officiating throughout the season, and their claims that the VAR was a \u2018Luton fan\u2019 on Sunday has only amplified the issue further. But Young has taken a light-hearted view on the matter. The fullback took to X, formerly known as Twitter, and not-so-subtly fired back at Forest.<\/p>\n
He wrote: \u201cOld Skool Tunes For Today\u201d with some winking emojis alongside a screenshot of the song \u2018Cry Me a River\u2019 by Justin Timberlake, in an incredibly pointed post which has enhanced his reputation as the pantomime villain at Forest. Young couldn\u2019t help but crack a smile when quizzed on the three incidents during his post-match press conference duties, claiming that the referee was \u2018spot on\u2019 not to point to the spot on any occasion and that the Forest players were \u2018appealing\u2019 for everything. All eyes are now on PGMOL to see how they respond to the claims from the club, with referee advisor Mike Clattenburg saying his piece on the matter by reinforcing that Forest are continuing to be hard done by when it comes to VAR.<\/p>\n
Forest\u2019s statement read: \u201cThree extremely poor decisions \u2013 three penalties not given \u2013 which we simply cannot accept. We warned PGMOL that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game but they didn\u2019t change him. Our patience has been tested multiple times.<\/p>\n
NFFC will now consider its options.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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