Nottingham Forest were denied a penalty against Wolverhampton Wanderers after the ball struck Rayan Ait-Nouri’s arm in the box.
Ola Aina sent in a chipped cross which hit Ait-Nouri’s hand, although
no penalty was awarded to the visitors, who were already leading 1-0 at Molineux.
Aina was amongst the Forest players who ran over appealing to referee Peter Bankes, who deemed it not a penalty.
The Premier League Match Centre posted on X shortly after the incident to confirm that it was ‘checked and confirmed by VAR’.
“The referee’s call of no penalty for a potential handball by Ait-Nouri was checked and confirmed by VAR, who deemed his arm was in a natural position” it wrote on X.
Morgan Gibbs-White struck seven minutes in with an excellently worked run from inside Forest’s own half to the penalty box.
Before reaching striking distance, Gibbs-White laid off the pass to Anthony Elanga who squared it back for the former Wolves man to slot home and open the scoring.
Gibbs-White will have been looking to impress England boss Thomas Tuchel, who was pictured in the stands at the Molineux.
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