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Officials from the Premier League summoned an emergency meeting in response to VAR failures.
Following a weekend filled with controversy in England’s top division, referee boss Howard Webb has called an emergency meeting with all Premier League referees, assistant referees, and VAR officials.
Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) has acknowledged that VAR officials made two different instances of “human error” on Saturday.
Lee Mason did not use the right lines to analyse a potential offside call for Brentford’s equaliser against Arsenal, which was controversially allowed to stand before John Brooks used the wrong defender to rule out a goal for Brighton in their meeting with Crystal Palace. Both games ended in 1-1 draws.
“Both incidents, which were due to human error and related to the analysis of offside situations, are being thoroughly reviewed,” a PGMOL statement read.
Now, the Daily Mail state that an ‘incredulous’ Webb has ordered all officials to an emergency summit to discuss how to avoid such errors in the future.
The report even suggests that the two officials in question, Mason and Brooks, could face significant disciplinary action as a result of their errors.
Currently, Brooks is slated to serve as the VAR referee for Monday’s Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton before using the same standard for Wednesday’s key top-of-the-table matchup between Arsenal and Manchester City.