Sean Dyche looked fuming as the first Premier League goal of his Nottingham Forest tenure was netted in unlikely circumstances.
Forest were in action against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, in Dyches first league outing since replacing Ange Postecoglou in the dugout.
He kicked things off well with a 2-0 win over Porto in the Europa League in the week, but it wasnt the ideal start back in domestic action for Forests third permanent manager of this season.
Sean Dyche looked dismayed at controversial Bournemouth opener
It was Marcus Tavernier who opened proceedings in spectacular fashion on the 25-minute mark, breaching Matz Sels goal directly from the corner flag with a sweeping finish or an Olympico goal, for terminology fans.
Itll go down as one of the goals of the weekend, but it is not without controversy.
Marcus Tavernier scored DIRECTLY from a corner kick to open the scoring against Nottingham Forest pic.twitter.com/j0cbzKlu9KOctober 26, 2025
After noting Sels questionable attempt to jump for the ball, attention turned to whether his unusual jump had been a result of a shove from Tyler Adams.
VAR thought not and, in FourFourTwos opinion, that was probably the correct call; the goalkeeper needs to be stronger.
But Dyche furiously shook his head, and when he sees the replays, he may well feel justified in his anger, not for Adams contribution, but for how the corner was won in the first place.
Tavernier won the set-piece himself when his cross was blocked by Forest left-back Neco Williams, but slo-mo replays from Sky Sports show that the Welshmans block ricocheted back off the eventual scorer before going out of play.
It should have been a goal-kick, but VAR cannot get involved in the award of corners, throw-ins or free-kicks, so Stockley Park could not reverse that particular decision.
The double contact before the ball went out of play happened in a millisecond, so whether Dyche was shaking his head at that specifically is unknown, and unlikely at best.
However, the new Forest boss will have a justified grievance when he gets hold of the replay.
Nevertheless, it takes nothing away from Taverniers ultimately spectacular finish.
