Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche described the decision to award Manchester United a corner in the build-up to the visitors’ opener at the City Ground on Saturday as “farcical”.
Nicolo Savona’s clearance from Bryan Mbeumo’s delivery was heading out of play, but the Italian full-back chased after his own header and appeared to stop the whole ball from crossing the byeline.
However, linesman Akil Howson signalled that the ball had gone out of play, prompting referee Darren England to award the corner – from which Casemiro put Ruben Amorim’s side in front in a game which ended 2-2.
Under current laws, the video assistant referee (VAR) cannot review decisions that involve awarding a corner instead of a goal-kick, even if the corner leads to a goal.
“There has to be someone who overrides this decision, because it’s gone and they’ve put it straight in the goal,” said Dyche, whose side also conceded a controversially awarded corner in last weekend’s 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth.