Forest felt they had three penalty shouts turned down during Sunday's (21.04.24) 2-0 loss to Premier League relegation rivals Everton and suggested that VAR official Stuart Attwell was a Luton fan (the Hatters are just a point behind from safety behind Nuno Espirito Santo's team) in a post on X, although the statement was condemned by Carragher.

The Sky Sports pundit said: "It tells you where we are with the Premier League now and the clubs.

"Stuart Attwell and Anthony Taylor have had an horrific day today, awful, and they should be rightly criticised for that and that could have real implications for Nottingham Forest.

"I get the frustration, but that, what I’ve just read there on social media, that’s like a fan in a pub. That is embarrassing from Nottingham Forest.

"That rubbish that VAR’s a Luton fan – you can’t get involved in that, you’ve got to show a little bit of class if you’re a football club.

"I get it, the frustration – the officials had an awful day, terrible – but you can’t get involved in that, that’s nonsense."

Forest feel that they have been on the wrong end of several refereeing decisions this season but fellow pundit Gary Neville branded their statement as "horrendous" and "ridiculous".

He said: "It’s horrendous, the statement by that football club, and it lets the proud history of that club down.

"The inferred cheating, as suggested by a Luton fan being a VAR official, is absolutely ridiculous."