Toney gets dream Brentford return - but should his goal have stood?

It took Toney just 19 minutes to find the back of the net on what was his first match since May after serving an eight-month ban for breaching betting rules.

His goal was a quality one - a free-kick on the edge of the box which he bent low around the Forest wall into the corner.

The strike sent the Brentford faithful into raptures with Toney later telling Sky Sports he was "buzzing to be back".

But the goal itself did not come without controversy.

'Clever' play

While Forest setting up their wall, Toney moved the ball twice as well as some of the referee's vanishing spray to mark the free-kick's original position.

It went unnoticed by the officials and Forest players and the 27-year-old took full advantage by curling his effort around Ryan Yates, who was on the end of the wall.

"You can move it half a yard either side," Toney told the BBC. 

"If I'd missed nobody would really question it, but the fact it's gone in everyone wants to make a noise. But it's gone in the back of the net and we've won the game."

Brentford boss Thomas Frank was quizzed about the goal and admitted he was unsure of the rules behind adjusting the ball from its original position.

"I didn't know he did it, and I haven't seen it back. He's a clever player. What more can I say," the Danish coach said.

"I don't know if it's right or wrong. If it's not in the rulebook, then that's not good but I take the positive as he connected well with it to bend it around the wall."

Nuno: Goal should have been checked

Toney's goal played a role in Brentford emerging victorious from a hectic encounter in west London between two sides scrapping for points.

Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo was unhappy with why it was allowed to stand and questioned why it wasn't checked by VAR.

"Of course, I have (an issue with the goal)," said the Portuguese when asked about the flashpoint.

"Everyone in this room can see it was a ball displacement. Every goal must be checked. I don't know if this was checked. It's ball displacement."

He added: "It changed the position of the wall. Everyone thinks the wall was faulty but it's not."