PGMO Says Ruben Dias Should Have Been Sent Off in Man City’s Win at Nottingham Forest

Overview

• PGMO informed Nottingham Forest that Dias merited a second yellow for his foul on Igor Jesus 18 seconds into the second half, after an earlier booking for dissent.
• Officials told the club the decision was a subjective on-field call by referee Rob Jones, with VAR unable to review yellow-card incidents under current rules.
• Forest representatives held a meeting with PGMO this week to go through the Dias incident and other contentious decisions from the December 27 match.
• Forest accepted that Rayan Cherki’s winning goal was valid, with no foul on Morgan Gibbs-White by Nico O’Reilly in the build-up.
• The admission offers Forest post-match vindication without changing the 2-1 result, and the episode is intensifying calls for greater consistency and transparency in officiating.