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@matthinton83 @Dan_Clarkey @helena_geary He's a Notts County fan.

@Dan_Clarkey @helena_geary Darren Fletcher the commentator is a Forest fan

TNT wanking off Anderson after he just snapped Watkins in half is certainly a choice. Pricks.

@Dan_Clarkey Ha ha ha, class challenge.

@villarich1982 @gageykev @jtccolclough I am pretty sure his ankle was not broken.

@gageykev @jtccolclough It’s a red all day long Kev, absolutely pathetic decision, lucky his ankle was broken

Anderson COMPLETELY misses the ball with the leg he is trying to win the ball & catches Watkins high on ankle. The ball stops cos it hits Anderson’s bum after he dives in! 🤷‍♂️😳😡 💯🟥✅ #redcard

@tavfcuk @gageykev Football is not for you.

@gageykev An awful lot of people outing themselves as completely clueless about football after this incident. Trying to pretend that is not a red is embarrassing.

@gageykev Great tackle.

@FMRAGE1874 @JohnRic92910933 @AVFCStatto Great tackle, won the ball cleanly. Watkins was not injured at all and dived to get a reaction from the referee. Play on, nothing to see here.

@JohnRic92910933 @pauldeanwardle @AVFCStatto You are clearly clouded by stupidity... Its a terrible tackle no matter what player does this.

You are not watching this game but see this screenshot. What is the outcome here following this challenge? — foul no booking — foul yellow card — foul red card — no foul, play on #AVFC | #NFFC

@EPLBible Anderson won the ball, Watkins realised he had lost the ball so dived half an hour later.

Should Anderson have been sent off here? 🔴❗️

@AVFC_Hay @johnrees893 And the officials.

@johnrees893 Getting the ball first doesn't mean you can do whatever you want after though does it. That's why it's reckless. Funny everyone but forest fans think it's a red. Wonder why

Reckless, over the ball and studs up. 3 boxes checked for a red card but nah let's just not check it on the screen.

@AVFC_Hay Great tackle. A little colateral damage but its a contact sport.

@Vfynn_ Ian Wright talking biased nonsense. Again. That second Arsenal 'penalty' was not a foul and was a clear dive. Clear.

🚨🎙️| Ian Wright on the penalty decisions in yesterday’s Arsenal vs Atlético Madrid match, with reference to the current IFAB Laws of the Game and UEFA VAR guidelines: 🗣️ “Listen, watching this game, I have to say, this kind of refereeing and VAR chaos is ruining football. It’s becoming unwatchable. First, Arsenal’s penalty, the one on Gyokores. By the book, it’s a foul all day. You come through the back, you don’t play the ball, you disrupt the player’s balance, that’s careless at minimum. The law is crystal clear on that. So yes, penalty. No controversy there. Now Atlético’s handball… and this is where I have a problem. The law says if your arm makes your body unnaturally bigger, you’re taking a risk. Fine. But it also talks about context, deflections matter. The ball hits the leg first, then the arm. So now you’re telling me we ignore the deflection just because the arm is slightly away from the body? That’s a selective reading of the law. If you apply the spirit of the rule, that’s not a penalty. If you apply the strictest possible interpretation, maybe it is. But you can’t pick and choose when to be strict. Then the second Arsenal penalty on Eberechi Eze, and this is the one that exposes everything. The referee gives it in real time, meaning he judged the contact as meaningful. The law says VAR only intervenes for a clear and obvious error. So explain to me how is that a clear and obvious error? There’s contact on the shin, the player is impeded, it’s not imaginary. At that point, VAR is re-refereeing the game, not correcting mistakes. So what’s the pattern here? When it benefits Atlético Madrid, we go strict on the letter of the law, arm slightly out, penalty. When it benefits Arsenal, suddenly we go ultra-demanding ‘is the contact enough? let’s overanalyse it.’ That’s not consistency. That’s interpretation depending on outcome. And this is why fans lose their heads because the same rule is being applied three different ways in the same game. Don’t tell me about laws if you’re not going to apply them the same way every single time.”

@_Afcbanks Its a slight tapping of an ankle. If you think that's a foul, football isn't for you.

No contact apparently according to the Twitter hate mob 🙄

@DaveRogersMMCEO Great tackle with little collateral damage. If you think that's a red, football isn't for you.

Anyone who doesn’t think this is red doesn’t understand football. Reckless, at speed, with force over the top of the ball. Incompetent VAR saved him. The other way around the Forest fans would feel the same #avfc #nffc

@RakAVFC @AVFCStatto Clearly got the ball. Great tackle.

@AVFCStatto Not even a yellow lmao

Should be a red card for Elliot Anderson. AWFUL TACKLE #AVFC

@JSS2701 @AVFCStatto Great tackle. Clearly won the ball.

@AVFCStatto He went over the ball. It's called football, not thigh ball. He missed the ball with his foot and couldn't broken Watkins' ankle or damaged his ligaments. Glad Ollie gave him some back.

@AVFCStatto If you watch it in real time its a great tackle, clearly won the ball.

@FMRAGE1874 @AVFCStatto Clearly won the ball. Its a contact sport.

@AVFCStatto Its a clear red card absolutely out of control from that cunt Anderson

@3003nicnak @__Gray_Matter__ @AVFCStatto Anderson won the ball.

@__Gray_Matter__ @AVFCStatto Yeah, and Forest got majority of decisions for them. 7 fouls. Should be an extra 5 and don’t forget there should be a ‘total red cards 1’ for Forest. Only forest fans can defend that tackle.

@TotalVilla_ There's no release clause.

I’ve seen a lot of people talking about Morgan Gibbs-White. Before signing his new deal, he had a £60m release clause and was reportedly a top target for Manchester City last summer. Do you think he is a realistic target for us this summer and how much would he cost? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #avfc

@TTaunter @_Remi_ch @BBCMOTD It wasn't a foul. It was a slight touch of 2 feet in the air.

@pauldeanwardle @_Remi_ch @BBCMOTD If you're fouled, don't try to play on. Go down. Kane, Rooney, a million dudes have made careers out of going down for far less. And refs are worried about you diving... then for NOT going down? Come on, dude. If you know you're fouled, you make it clear to all.

Should Arsenal have had their second penalty of the night after this challenge on Eberechi Eze? 🤔

@TrollTouchline 100% correct.

🚨🗣️ Patrice Evra on the Arsenal Penalty: "Listen, I’m looking at the replay now and I have to be honest with you this is never a penalty. For me, it’s soft. It’s far too soft. You see Gyökeres there, he feels a slight touch on the shoulder and he’s already looking for the grass. He goes down to the ground way too easily. No, not for me. It is not a penalty, never a penalty. Especially in a game of this magnitude, a Champions League knockout night where every single decision changes the history of a club's season. You cannot give that. You have to be 100% sure, and as a former player, when I see that, I see a striker who is clever, yes, but he’s played the referee. In my day, if you went down like that, your own teammates would tell you to get up. You’re playing Atletico Madrid; they are physical, they are aggressive, that is their DNA. If the referee starts giving those, we’re going to have thirty penalties a game. I understand Arsenal fans will be happy because Gyökeres stepped up and tucked it away—and look, the boy is clinical, he’s a top, top player—but as a football purist, you don’t want to see the game decided by these 'glancing' contacts. The VAR has to look at that and say, 'Is there enough force to bring a man of his size down?' The answer is no. It’s a huge call, a massive moment for Arsenal, but Simeone and his players have every right to be absolutely fuming on that touchline. You need to earn your goals in these big games, and for me, that was a gift."