Dias should have been sent off against Forest, panel says

Manchester City's Ruben Dias should have received a second yellow card against Nottingham Forest, the Premier League's Key Match Incidents Panel has ruled.

Forest manager Sean Dyche was critical of the officials over some "bizarre" decisions in his side's late 2-1 defeat.

Portugal centre-back Dias was already on a caution when he clipped the heels of Igor Jesus in the first minute of the second half.

Referee Rob Jones opted not to take no disciplinary action, which the panel voted 4:1 was the incorrect decision.

The panel ruled: "Dias moves across the back of Jesus and clearly trips him, stopping a promising attack" and that "a second caution should have been issued on this basis."

The game was goalless at the time but City took the lead two minutes later.

After the game, Dyche claimed that Rayan Cherki's 83rd-minute winner should have been ruled out for a push on Morgan Gibbs-White by Nico O'Reilly, saying: "Whichever way you look at it it's a foul."

But the panel disagreed, unanimously voting that "the contact made was deemed below the threshold for a foul".

It is the second time this season Jones has failed to show a player a second yellow card. The panel voted he should also have sent off Newcastle United's Malick Thiaw at Bournemouth in September.

Forest have past history with Jones, too. In December 2023, he wrongly showed a second yellow card to Willy Boly against Bournemouth, and he should not have handed Gibbs-White a second booking at Brighton in September 2024.