Edwards supports Glasner over disallowed Forest goal against Tottenham

Nottingham Forest manager Oliver Glasner expressed his belief that the video assistant referee (VAR) was "guessing" when it intervened to disallow Neco Williams' goal during their 0-0 draw with Tottenham.

Williams' second-half strike was ruled out after the full-back was deemed to have handled the ball following a series of errors in Tottenham's defence at the City Ground.

The Forest defender maintained that the ball did not touch his arm and argued that the goal should have been allowed.

Initially, referee Craig Pawson awarded the goal, but VAR official Peter Bankes intervened.

"I watched five or six different angles and, to be fair, from one angle you can guess that the ball touched the arm because the shirt moves a little bit, but it's not clear is it the ball or [Sandro] Tonali on the goalline," Glasner stated.

"I think the VAR can't intervene when he is guessing. It was not clear and obvious.

"We had a briefing before the season that the threshold for VAR intervention this year should be very high, which is why this is a wrong intervention.

"If it's not 100% clear, stick to the on-field decisions. This is the inconsistency today.

"I told the referee after the game that I felt the goal should have stood."

The Premier League's official match centre shared on their X page an explanation for the disallowed goal following the incident in the 67th minute.

It noted: "VAR checked the referee's call of goal to Nottingham Forest - and determined that Williams handled the ball immediately before scoring and recommended that the goal was disallowed."

According to the rule, if the ball has touched the arm of the goalscorer just before they score, it must be disallowed, even if it was unintentional.

However, Williams insisted that the ball did not hit his arm during the confusion in the Spurs box.

"It's a goal," the Forest full-back told Sky Sports.

"VAR is there when there is a clear and obvious error and for me that is not clear and obvious. I've seen the images and the replays and at not one moment did I think I handballed it. I headed it in between my arms.

"I knew straight away I've headed it down in between my arms. At a loss at that one. Disappointing."

Source: BBC Sport