Nuno Espirito Santo criticises the standard of refereeing after his Nottingham Forest side lose to Fulham - despite saying that he wants to give officials 'peace'.
Nuno Espirito Santo criticised the standard of refereeing after his Nottingham Forest side lost to Fulham - despite saying that he wants to give officials "peace".through a Raul Jimenez penalty, awarded when a lengthy check by the video assistant referee prompted referee Josh Smith to view the pitchside monitor.
Before the first game of the season, Nuno had promised to stop moaning about referees and vowed to trust them.However, the decision to award Fulham the spot-kick, as Forest's unbeaten start to the season was ended in a tight encounter at the City Ground, prompted Nuno to speak out against the officials.
"I try to give referees peace. They are trying to improve, but today was not the best day. Today he didn't do a good job, so I hope that he improves."Nuno was set to be banned from the touchline for the match against Fulham for his red card against Brighton.
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