Ivan Toney MOVED the ball twice before pulling Brentford level with free-kick
Some smart thinking by Ivan Toney saw him score in his first match back following his eight-month ban from football.
The Brentford striker scored 19 minutes into his return with a curling free-kick, after Nottingham Forest had taken the lead through Danilo.
Replays showed that after speaking to one of his team-mates, Toney bent over to move the ball once to his right, before doing so again.
Nottingham Forest player Ryan Yates could sense the danger as he motioned to his goalkeeper Matt Turner that he thought Toney would look to bend the free-kick around the wall into the back of the net.
This didn't make a difference though as by moving the ball, Toney worked himself a better angle while impacting the placement of the wall, and the Brentford star was able to find a gap between the Forest wall and Callum Hudson-Odoi who was off it.
Sky Sports pundits Michael Dawson and Karen Carney disagreed on the impact that moving the ball would have had on the goal.
Dawson said at half-time: 'Ivan Toney moves the ball slightly I don't think that has too much of an impact on the outcome, I really don't.
'I'm not sure what Callum Hudson-Odoi is doing here. There was only one thing that was going to happen and that's Toney shooting.'
Carney in response though said she 'definitely' believed that Toney moving the ball had an impact on the goal.
There has been much anticipation over Toney's return and the Bees gave him a WWE-style entrance to The Undertaker's theme music before the game.
Toney wheeled away in celebration after levelling for the hosts after Danilo gave Forest a third minute lead.
He was seen celebrating the goal with Brentford manager Thomas Frank, before raising a t-shirt reading 'For You, Uncle Brian'.
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