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Howard Webb gets tough on Premier League referees ahead of emergency meeting

Referees chief Howard Webb is getting tough with Premier League officials after the disastrous weekend of high profile gaffes.

Video Assistant Referee John Brooks, whose error led to Brighton wrongly having a goal disallowed for offside, was removed from being on duty for the Merseyside derby on Monday night and Arsenal’s clash with Manchester City on Wednesday night.

Former Premier League referee Webb, chief of referees' body PGMOL, has already summoned all top flight officials to attend a meeting at Stockley Park on Tuesday to discuss what went wrong last weekend. Andre Marriner was brought in to replace Brooks for the Merseyside derby while David Coote will be on VAR duties for Arsenal’s title crunch with City.

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