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Sean Dyche wants a reform to the powers given to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) after Nottingham Forest felt Manchester United's opening goal should not have stood.
Manchester United opened the scoring at the City Ground in contentious fashion when Nicolo Savona was adjudged not to have kept the ball in play before Casemiro scored from the resulting corner.
Replays showed the ball was on the line making it back-to-back weeks that Forest have been hard done by with tight decisions.
For Dyche, the current use of VAR, which did not intervene in this instance, needs fixing.
'It's got to change,' the Forest boss said.
'You don't need three minutes to look at that, it's a very simple moment.
Man United opened the scoring at Nottingham Forest in contentious fashion - as Casemiro's goal came after Nicolo Savona was adjudged not to have kept the ball in play (above)
Furious Sean Dyche claims VAR needs to be better utilised given the high stakes of matches
Dyche's side held Manchester United to a 2-2 draw at the City Ground on Saturday afternoon
'Last week was an incredibly simple moment, a factually wrong decision. That must take five seconds, end of. Surely?
'There is a lot at stake in these games. So just get it right, we all want it right, every fan wants it right.
'It's gone against us again and we have just got to get on with it, simple as that. You know the worst thing as well? Back in the game for three games and two weeks on the trot I'm talking about referees and decisions. That is really frustrating. I don't want to be talking about this, do I? I want to be talking about my team.'
A late Amad Diallo goal ensured a point apiece in a 2-2 draw but it was the game's opening goal that irked Dyche most even after the final whistle had gone.
'I just can't understand it,' he said.
'You're the assistant referee, you're 70-odd yards away, you've got a goal and a net in the way but apparently you can see? I've got a better view and I'm not in the right position!
'So, that's got to be wrong in the current climate. The thing that annoys me the most - and I'm a big fan of VAR - is that someone has got to be able to overrule these decisions, just really quickly, it will be five seconds.
'Just go 'that's in play'. It's deemed out of play, [Manchester United] whack it in and score a goal. Two weeks on the trot.
'Course, you could say you've got to deal with the corner kick… point is it shouldn't even be that, so that's really difficult.
Forest scored twice in two minutes at the start of the second half to rock Manchester United
Amad Diallo rescued a point for the Red Devils with a superb volley from outside the area
'And then to give you my reasoning behind it which I think is more important because people say 'yeah it's just on the line' well it's on the line? Imagine a goal is scored and it beeps [the watch] for the ref, what do you do? You've all seen it, it's like 1mm… so how can you see that from 70-80 yards away? For me that's five seconds of VAR.
'The ref is talking to people, wasting time, walking around, waste time, pointless. Big decisions like that… for VAR to override that decision, five seconds and go "bang, done, wrong decision".
'That's really, really frustrating two weeks on the trot and I know it's an unusual stat to have that to happen, of course I'm aware of that, the chances are very slim, but it has happened.
'With all the technology and all that's at stake, particularly for us at Nottingham Forest football club after the start the club has had, that's a big moment. All of a sudden that goes against you and that's very frustrating when it could be really easily cleared up for me.'
