Sheffield Wednesday fans fuming at Moses Odubajo over 'high five' with Lewis Grabban after Nottingham Forest goal

Footage of the Wednesday man appearing to congratulate Lewis Grabban after the striker had fired home Forest’s second goal in the dying moments of the game soon went viral on Twitter – drawing criticism from many Owls fans who had just watched their side go seven points adrift of safety at the foot of the Sky Bet Championship.

Odubajo says the video was ‘misconstrued’ by those watching without context – but Wednesdayites were far from happy with what they had seen.

@pholbrook87 wrote on Twitter: "Oh Moses you don't help yourself son?’

And @mat_t_hew7 agreed, writing: “The evidence is pretty damming I must say. Let’s hope we are misinterpreting this but good grief it doesn’t look good. And he’s opened himself up now to criticism.”

Moses Odubajo responds after ‘high five’ complaints from Sheffield Wednesday fans following Lewis Grabban’s Nottingham Forest goal

"He's not smiling and shaking hands is he? Surely not,” asked @RichCraigFletch

And @Regan_Cahill tweeted: ”Even if they’re mates outside of football, you can’t be doing that in a match at elite level. We’ve just conceded a goal which cements a defeat to keep us at the bottom of the league, we’re in a relegation scrap this isn’t the time or place for laughs and jokes.”

Odubajo responded to the criticism by posting a series of tweets explaining his actions – saying he believed the goal would be chalked off because of a challenge by the Reds striker on Tom Lees.

"The loss is frustrating for myself and the team,” he tweeted. “I would never high-five another player for scoring against us.

"I said to Grabban no way is that a goal because of the foul (on Tom Lees) and laughed it off thinking the goal wouldn’t stand.”

Owls boss Tony Pulis confirmed after the game that he was aware of the incident and ‘would deal with that’.

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