The team coached by Erik ten Hag made the trip to the City Ground on Wednesday evening with the objective of advancing to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup with a victory over Forest.
The match was close and appeared to be heading into extra time; however, in the 89th minute, Brazilian phenom Casemiro scored a goal by heading in a free kick that was taken by Bruno Fernandes.
This goal allowed United to advance to the next round.
A lengthy video assistant referee (VAR) review was conducted before the goal was officially verified.
The purpose of the review was to determine whether or not there was an offside offence.
Raphael Varane appeared to be offside and impeded a Forest defender.
United was able to clinch a much-needed victory by a score of 1-0 after the goal was finally awarded.
Following the conclusion of the game, Gibbs-White took to various social media platforms in order to convey his dissatisfaction with it.
During the Carabao Cup final match between Liverpool and Chelsea, the Forest star shared a graphic that compared the winning goal scored by United to the goal that was disallowed by the referee.
Replays showed that Chelsea’s Levi Colwill was stopped by Wataru Endo, who was also offside when the ball was played.
As a result, the goal scored by Reds captain Virgil van Dijk was disallowed since it was scored by an offside position (offside).
Varane appeared to be standing closer to the middle of the box, which may imply that the defender he stopped would not have been able to reach the ball before Casemiro had he not stopped him.
However, the only difference between this goal and the one scored by United was that the ball was delivered to the near post.
Additionally, the post that was made by Gibbs-White has been removed.
Following the conclusion of the match, Nuno Espirito Santo, the manager of Forest, stated, “I’m not sure about it.”
The visuals were just partially visible to me. During a conversation with the players, they revealed that there was a block in an area that was thought to be offside.
They have a look at it. But we’ve had a lot of issues with the video assistant referee and the officials this season, so let’s try to forget about that and move on with the game.
After everything that we have put in, it is quite disheartening to be defeated in the very last minute of the game.
The most aggravating and disheartening aspect of the situation is that we did not give our fans the opportunity to enjoy themselves today, especially considering how vocal and supportive they were before.
We are obligated to express our gratitude to them.
In continuation, he stated, “It is a great honor to perform here.” Because we are going to play here once more in two days, we need to start moving as soon as possible.
United will face Liverpool in the quarterfinals, which will take place the following month.
The players have been drawn against each other.
