Huddersfield Town: Duane Holmes convinced Terriers denied two certain penalties in Wembley defeat
A VAR check after Harry Toffolo went down in the box following a challenge from Nottingham Forest’s Jack Colback yielded no penalty award.
Technology was not even used to check another big spot-kick shout involving Lewis O’Brien and Max Lowe in the last ten minutes.
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Hide AdHolmes, who came on in the second half, said: “We had a meeting with the referees about VAR. We got told not to surround the referee when everything is getting checked. Maybe I am biased, but I believe they were both penalties. It is one of them.”
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On whether he and his team-mates received an explanation from Moss regarding the non-penalty awards, he continued: “No, nothing. We had a (previous) meeting with the referees and we got told not to crowd the ref because everything is checked.
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Hide Ad“I don’t know how you can check it and get it wrong. We have had a great season but we came here to win. I think there were two decisions that didn’t go our way.
“We defended really well. They normally create a lot of chances. We nullified them. We defended really well and I thought we attacked really well in the second half.
“We probably should have had two penalties and I don’t think I am just being bitter but that’s how football goes.”
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