Alan Shearer launches X-rated rant on Nottingham Forest

Alan Shearer has slammed Nottingham Forest for their 'embarrassing' statement following their 2-0 defeat to Everton.

Forest issued an extraordinary message on social media following their loss on Merseyside, in which they blasted 'extremely poor decisions' regarding penalties that were not given in their favour.

They also claimed that they had warned PGMOL that VAR official Stuart Attwell was a Luton Town fan, and said they would 'consider' their options.

Speaking on the Rest is Football Podcast, Premier League icon Shearer was left stunned by the decision to release the statement on social media after the game.

He told co-hosts Gary Lineker and Micah Richards: 'It's a good job we're not on the BBC here, but what the f*** are Nottingham Forest doing putting that statement out?'

His expletive comments left Richards and Lineker in barrels of laughter, before he went on to add: 'It's an absolute embarrassment.'

''We told the PGMOL that he's a Luton fan,' I mean, what on earth are they thinking about? It's embarrassing.

'I thought Anthony Taylor and the VAR had a terrible afternoon but you can't behave like that if you're a professional football club, one of the top, a team that has been amazing over the years yet behaving like that, there's no class to it, no matter how angry you are.

'You cannot be putting statements like that. Forest have been hard done by this season and the standard of refereeing is nowhere near good enough.'

Ashley Young was at the centre of the appeals as he appeared to kick Giovanni Reyna in the box, before the ball struck his hand in the first-half.

Callum Hudson-Odoi was brought down in the second-half from Young as he looked to race through on goal, but no action was taken against the Everton player.

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