{"id":542316,"date":"2026-03-15T16:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542316\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:53:13","slug":"var-denies-dan-ndoye-and-nottingham-forest-in-stalemate-against-fulham-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542316\/","title":{"rendered":"VAR denies Dan Ndoye and Nottingham Forest in stalemate against Fulham | Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seemed, for the briefest of moments, that it was finally V\u00edtor Pereira and Nottingham Forest\u2019s day. Dan Ndoye, the half-time substitute, had burst into the area after the hour-mark and sidefooted perfectly, prompting an explosion of relief at the City Ground.<\/p>\n

But the joy at taking the lead against Fulham was swiftly snuffed out as the goal was disallowed by the video assistant referee, denying a side that has struggled so much with the final touch all season. Pereira\u2019s excruciating run continues, still waiting for his first Premier League<\/a> victory this campaign. He has just four points from his 14 matches in charge of Wolves and Forest.<\/p>\n

For now, Forest will have to look on the bright side. A draw took them out of the bottom three, but only goal difference is keeping them above West Ham. They can\u2019t just rely on Tottenham\u2019s ongoing meltdown.<\/p>\n

Both sides entered in a downbeat mood. Forest went down 1-0 against Midtjylland<\/a> in the Europa League on Thursday; Fulham spurned the opportunity of reaching an FA Cup quarter-final with their defeat by Southampton<\/a> last Sunday. Marco Silva\u2019s teams find themselves in a familiar place: milling around mid-table, falling just short of a serious cup adventure, still waiting for a return to Europe.<\/p>\n

Silva had Harry Wilson, his leading goalscorer, available again after two games out with an ankle injury. Pereira made a tweak to the team that held Manchester City to a 2-2 draw<\/a> at the Etihad, welcoming back Callum Hudson-Odoi on the right wing to take on Antonee Robinson.<\/p>\n

The opening exchanges were largely sedate, Forest looking nervy, Fulham<\/a> comfortable without venturing into the final third. Elliot Anderson was the one man providing urgency in red, even if his execution was missing: moments after sending a corner straight out of bounds, the England midfielder burst through the lines by latching on to an Igor Jesus knockdown. He cut across Calvin Bassey inside the area but dragged his shot comfortably wide of Bernd Leno\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n

As ever with Forest this season, the finish was missing, Wolves the only side to have scored fewer goals in the league. It wasn\u2019t there again when Forest put together their best move of the first half. Morgan Gibbs-White\u2019s backheel on the left found the onrushing Neco Williams, with his cutback meeting Nicol\u00e1s Dom\u00ednguez at the edge of the area. Trying to precisely find the bottom left corner, the Argentinian lacked the power to beat Leno.<\/p>\n

Pereira, meanwhile, watched without a poker face, leaping in frustration when Igor Jesus failed to control an Anderson pass before the half-hour mark. No wonder that Forest emerged after the break with a different template. Gibbs-White moved central and was accompanied by two new widemen, Omari Hutchinson and Ndoye brought on to stretch the seams.<\/p>\n

Nicol\u00e1s Dom\u00ednguez is unable to make the most of a rare opening for Nottingham Forest. Photograph: Andrew Kearns\/CameraSport\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Ndoye was immediately effective, running in behind to seize upon a ball over the top by Williams. Bassey bundled him over, Sam Barrott pointed to the spot, but the linesman\u2019s raised flag saved the visitors. Ola Aina went close to a stunner before the hour-mark, the right-back walloping with his left foot from the edge of the area to smash the crossbar.<\/p>\n

The celebrations finally arrived when Ndoye, in the 63rd minute, ran in behind, collecting again from Williams, knocking it past Leno, the clinical edge finally there. Out came VAR to spot the barest of offsides, the left heel beyond the line. Fulham very nearly made thing worse seconds later when Rodrigo Muniz chested and smashed a volley towards goal. Oina was the saviour, his headed block clearing the danger.<\/p>\n

Taiwo Awoniyi would come closest late on but there was a surprise when Gibbs-White was replaced in the 74th minute. \u201cYou better not be saving him for Thursday,\u201d screamed a supporter, followed by a few more expletives. Forest\u2019s struggles continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seemed, for the briefest of moments, that it was finally V\u00edtor Pereira and Nottingham Forest\u2019s day. Dan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-542316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}