Mark Clattenburg hits out over Nottingham Forest VAR 'joke' and defends himself against Gary Neville
dailyrecord.co.ukFormer top ref Mark Clattenburg has spoken out amid the furious Nottingham Forest row - defending himself after Gary Neville called for him to resign from his role at the club.
Forest suffered a hammer blow in their fight against relegation, losing 2-0 to Everton at Goodison Park to leave them teetering just one point above the relegation zone.
But the post-match reaction has been dominated by a furious Forest statement after officials dismissed three penalty appeals.They claim they were denied THREE penalties, including an unpunished handball by Ashley Young, and released a raging tirade on social media criticising the officials' performance and highlighting that the VAR official is a Luton Town fan - one of their direct rivals in their relegation battle.
And Clattenburg, employed by Forest as a referee analyst, pointed to the absence of VAR intervention and suggested that Forest felt "victimised" after being on the wrong end of several questionable calls.
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