Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher labelled Forest’s statement as “embarrassing” live on TV and warned the club that they may face “real implications” after a reported investigation was launched.

“It tells you where we are with the Premier League now and the clubs, the Liverpool icon said. “Stuart Attwell and Anthony Taylor have had a horrific day today. Awful and they should be rightly criticised for that, and that could have real implications for Forest.

“I get the frustration. But what I have just read there on social media, that is like a fan in a pub. That is embarrassing from Nottingham Forest. I get the frustration.

“That… rubbish about the VAR is a Luton fan, you can’t get involved in that and you have to show a little bit of class if you are a football club and I get it, the frustration. The officials have had an awful day, terrible. But you can’t get involved in that, that is nonsense.”