Nottingham Forest were denied a penalty against Wolverhampton Wanderers after the ball struck Rayan Ait-Nouri’s arm in the box.
Ola Aina sent in a chipped cross which hit Ait-Nouri’s hand, although no penalty was awarded to the visitors, who were already leading 1-0 at Molineux.
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Aina was amongst the Forest players who ran over appealing to referee Peter Bankes, who deemed it not a penalty.
The Premier League Match Centre posted on X shortly after the incident to confirm that it was ‘checked and confirmed by VAR’.
“The referee’s call of no penalty for a potential handball by Ait-Nouri was checked and confirmed by VAR, who deemed his arm was in a natural position” it wrote on X.
It didn’t affect Forest too much in their bid to solidify their place in the top four with Nuno Espirito Santo‘s men going 2-0 up at half time.
Morgan Gibbs-White struck seven minutes in with an excellently worked run from inside Forest’s own half to the penalty box.
Before reaching striking distance, Gibbs-White laid off the pass to Anthony Elanga who squared it back for the former Wolves man to slot home and open the scoring.
Gibbs-White will have been looking to impress England boss Thomas Tuchel, who was pictured in the stands at the Molineux.
Just before the break, Chris Wood notched his 12th goal of the Premier League season to his tally, doubling his side’s lead over Wolves.
It was another well-worked move from the visitors who pounced on the counter attack as Callum Hudson-Odoi sent a cut-back pass into the feet of Wood to send it into the net.
A win for Nottingham Forest will see them go second in the league table, level on points with title chasers Arsenal.
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For Wolves, a defeat at home would end new manager Vitor Pereira’s unbeaten run, having won two and drawn one game in charge so far.
Espirito Santo’s side next face Luton Town in the third round of the FA Cup before a difficult home clash with Liverpool.
They will feel confident however, having been the only side to defeat the leaders this season with a 1-0 victory at Anfield in September.
