"Forest have gone to the referees' body - the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) - to ask to hear the conversations between on-pitch officials and the video assistant referee team during key moments of the match. Head coach Sean Dyche felt Rayan Cherki's 83rd-minute winner should have been ruled out for a foul on Morgan Gibbs-White, and that Jones should have shown City defender Ruben Dias a second yellow card after the break."
"Forest players complained to referee Jones, arguing Gibbs-White had been pushed by Nico O'Reilly while defending a corner and therefore stopped from blocking Cherki's winner. "Morgan Gibbs-White quite clearly gets pushed to the floor and the same player is involved in blocking the ball," Dyche said. "But he can't block it because as he jumps up, it goes through the bit of his body which he would have blocked it with. Whichever way you look at it, it's a foul.""
Nottingham Forest have asked PGMOL for VAR audio and may make a formal complaint after a 2-1 defeat to Manchester City. The club contest referee Rob Jones' decisions, including that Rayan Cherki's 83rd-minute winner should have been ruled out for a foul on Morgan Gibbs-White and that Ruben Dias should have received a second yellow card. Players argued Gibbs-White was pushed by Nico O'Reilly and prevented from blocking the shot. VAR reviewed the goal but allowed the on-field decision to stand. The defeat left Forest five points above the relegation zone. PGMOL has previously played audio privately to clubs.
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