Overview
- Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 at the City Ground, with Rayan Cherki scoring the decisive goal late on after a video review upheld the on-field decision.
- Forest head coach Sean Dyche condemned referee Rob Jones and VAR, calling decisions "bizarre" and saying officials "played a huge part" in the result, with local reports noting he has sought a VAR report.
- The flashpoint over Ruben Dias not receiving a second yellow card drew contrasting views, as Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer said the defender should have been sent off, while former official Darren Cann described the contact as accidental and not a booking.
- Forest’s protests over contact on Morgan Gibbs-White before the winner were rejected on review, with Rooney arguing Gibbs-White committed the foul and Shearer saying it was not a clear and obvious error to overturn.
- The match intensified scrutiny on Rob Jones and recent Premier League officiating, even as Forest took encouragement from a spirited display that included an Omari Hutchinson equaliser and left them 17th in the table.