BREAKING: Premier League issue statement after painfully long VAR call during Forest vs Brighton

Chris Wood scored Nottingham Forest's third goal against Brighton, but it took VAR Paul Tierney an incredibily long time to check and clear it after a tight offside call

The Premier League have issued a statement after it took the VAR Paul Tierney a painfully long time to check and clear Chris Wood's goal against Brighton.

A statement read: "The referee’s call of goal was checked and confirmed by VAR – with Wood in an onside position."

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