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EXCLUSIVEMARK CLATTENBURG: Referee's hat-trick of howlers to deny Nottingham Forest penalties at Everton is mind-boggling… and all of this could have been avoided by refereeing chiefs

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One of these errors would have been bad enough. Three was a joke, and that is why Nottingham Forest were left feeling victimised after another defeat in which zero big decisions went their way.

In a season where they have had to endure some egregious refereeing, this trip to Everton was as grim a game as they have encountered since returning to the Premier League.

First, Ashley Young kicked the back of the foot of Giovanni Reyna. We have seen others win penalties in similar situations — Anthony Gordon for Newcastle against West Ham, for example — but not this time.