- Forest manager insists incident should have been checked
- Ivan Toney: ‘You have a yard either way so I moved it a bit’
Nottingham Forest’s Nuno Espírito Santo was left baffled that Ivan Toney got away with moving the ball – and the referee’s foam that marked the correct spot for the free-kick – before curling home Brentford’s first-half equaliser in the 3-2 home win that marked the striker’s return to action after his eight-month ban for gambling.
Toney was spotted moving the ball a few inches to the right on two occasions when the Forest wall was already set for the free-kick. The Forest manager said: “The law is clear – every situation that leads to a goal must be checked. It’s not even a matter of inches, it’s almost a yard.”
Written by Ed Aarons at the Gtech Community Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/20/thats-a-new-one-on-me-nuno-baffled-by-toney-moving-ball-to-score-free-kick under the title “‘That’s a new one on me’: Nuno baffled by Toney moving ball to score free-kick”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
