Robins rues penalty decision

01 January 2011 20:30
Barnsley boss Mark Robins was left bemoaning the penalty incident which cost his side the chance to end Nottingham Forest's 15-month unbeaten home run in the league. Barnsley were leading 2-0 when Adam Hammill tripped Chris Gunter as he sprinted through the visitors' defence, an offence Robins felt was outside the area. Lewis McGugan scored from the spot and substitute Nathan Tyson scrambled an equaliser 10 minutes from time, cancelling out Barnsley's goals from Matthew Hill and Andy Gray. Robins said: "Adam has certainly switched off, got the wrong side and reacted late, but the contact was outside of the box. The players tell me it was outside. "The game changed on that incident and we feel aggrieved that we have not taken all three points and been the first side to win at The City Ground in a long time." He added: "Before the game, and having played the way we have in the last few games, I would have settled for a point, but the way we set about the game we were good value for the two-goal lead we had."

Source: PA