Alan Shearer has taken to social media to express his frustration after a series of controversial refereeing decisions marred an otherwise fantastic weekend of football.

On Saturday, Chelsea were denied a penalty against Manchester City when Cole Palmer's free-kick hit Jack Grealish's arm. The following day, in the other FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, Coventry City were given a penalty for a similar incident involving Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

The Championship side were also denied a last-minute winning goal against Manchester United when Haji Wright was controversially ruled offside by the Video Assistant Referee. Meanwhile, in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest were denied three penalties against Everton.

After Everton's 2-0 victory at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon, Forest released a shocking statement on social media. On X, formerly known as Twitter, the club wrote: "Three extremely poor decisions three penalties not given which we simply cannot accept.

"We warned the PGMOL that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game but they didn't change him. Our patience has been tested multiple times. NFFC will now consider its options."

They've since doubled down on that stance, demanding the audio between the match officials be released for the public to hear.

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Shearer, expressed his annoyance on X, reports the Manchester Evening News. The ex-Newcastle United forward penned: "Pens given for hand ball pens not given for hand ball. The refs have an impossible job because the law is an absolute s*** show. Natural/unnatural. Proximity. Speed. What a mess."

In a piece for MailOnline, Mark Clattenburg criticised Anthony Taylor and the PGMOL, led by Howard Webb, for the 'triple blunders' in Merseyside this weekend. The former Premier League ref stated: "One of these errors would have been bad enough.

"Three was a joke, and that is why Nottingham Forest were left feeling victimised after another defeat in which zero big decisions went their way."

Clattenburg continued: "These situations were precisely why video technology was brought into the Premier League and yet, Attwell did not send Taylor to his monitor. Not once. It was a hat-trick of howlers from the refereeing team and, unfortunately for Forest, a continuation of an unjust trend that has hampered their survival fight."

"You will have seen the statement released by the club - how the PGMOL were contacted to warn that it was not appropriate for a Luton fan such as Attwell to play such a pivotal role in a massive match that would impact the relegation race.

"Certainly, I would not have risked this situation if I were the head of the referees and all of this could have been avoided had the PGMOL simply made smarter appointments. Referees do not make mistakes deliberately but this was mind-boggling to watch. Why Attwell did not send Taylor to his screen, only he will know."