Then you get Nuno saying what we have been saying in here for years !
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Referees must take responsibility for decisions - Nuno
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Nottingham Forest are one place and one point above the Premier League relegation zone
Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport Senior Football News Reporter
Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo has called on referees to take responsibility and stop relying on VAR.
The head coach labelled the technology “a mess” but insisted Forest do not have a personal issue with Stuart Attwell – despite singling out the video assistant referee for Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Everton.
Forest are expected to face Premier League and Football Association charges after a social media post on Sunday - now viewed more than 44m times -
called Attwell’s integrity into question.
They had three penalty claims rejected, with the club posting on its official X account minutes after the final whistle that they had warned referees' body, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), that Attwell is allegedly a fan of relegation rivals Luton.
Nuno remains unhappy about the nature of decisions throughout the season.
“My personal feeling is about referees not taking decisions on the pitch," he said, before Sunday’s visit of Manchester City.
"They were doing it before so they should do it again and then comes VAR, not the other way around. The other way around is a huge mistake for the game."
Despite raising some concerns with PGMOL last week, the club did not ask for Attwell to be taken off VAR duties for the Everton match, BBC Sport has been told.
Nuno added the "general feeling" in football is that referees are waiting for VAR to intervene instead of making their own decisions.
“When it came I supported it but maybe, one day not much ahead of us, we will say football was better before VAR because it’s been a mess," said Nuno.
But Nuno said Forest do not want Attwell to receive any abuse because of their statement.
He said: “We don’t want things to go much further and it becomes personal or abusive to the referees."