It's a clear pen for Forest on first view and many times after.
I can see how some people could interpret to give as much benefit as possible to the Everton defender, they both join and stretch for the ball, it's not a typical leg out or slide tackle across or or even hooking a player that's running away or pushing a player over.
Sometimes refs consumed so much with viewing incidents will see something else to the majority in the moment, a stone wall pen is denied as they try rationalize every aspect of it. Also it's a weird balancing act, when VAR was introduced the pens went up and they wanted to bring the number down and don't want overrule the ref.
This incident should've been looked at by the pitch ref, it's one of those big incidents that's clear and obvious and focal point of the play.
I can see how some people could interpret to give as much benefit as possible to the Everton defender, they both join and stretch for the ball, it's not a typical leg out or slide tackle across or or even hooking a player that's running away or pushing a player over.
Sometimes refs consumed so much with viewing incidents will see something else to the majority in the moment, a stone wall pen is denied as they try rationalize every aspect of it. Also it's a weird balancing act, when VAR was introduced the pens went up and they wanted to bring the number down and don't want overrule the ref.
This incident should've been looked at by the pitch ref, it's one of those big incidents that's clear and obvious and focal point of the play.