BREAKING: Premier League issue statement after painfully long VAR call during Forest vs Brighton

Chris Wood scored Nottingham Forest's 3rd extremity against Brighton, but it took VAR Paul Tierney an incredibily agelong clip to cheque and wide it aft a choky offside call

The Premier League person issued a connection aft it took the VAR Paul Tierney a painfully agelong clip to cheque and wide Chris Wood's extremity against Brighton.

The extremity came erstwhile Anthony Elanga raced down the close borderline of the container and hung up a beauteous shot for Wood. The New Zealand planetary roseate highest and nodded superbly down into the bottom-left corner.

There were immoderate concerns that Wood whitethorn person been offside erstwhile Elanga crossed the shot in. Tierney duly confirmed helium was checking it, but it took an astonishing magnitude of clip for him to bash so.

Eventually an space was recovered proving Wood was onside and Tierney directed referee Simon Hooper to grant the goal. The Premier League past issued a connection connected the incident, which read: "The referee’s telephone of extremity was checked and confirmed by VAR – with Wood successful an onside position."

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