Arsenal have had poor luck in the form of officiating decisions throughout their chase for the Premier League title this season. The weekend draw with Brentford saw the situation reach a new peak with VAR official Lee Mason forgetting to check Christian Norgaard’s position in the build-up to Ivan Toney’s equaliser that should not have stood.
However, outside of Arsenal, it was not the only game of the weekend to face controversial VAR errors. Chelsea saw a penalty not given despite a seemingly blatant handball from Tomas Soucek and Brighton missed out on a goal as Pervis Estupinan was deemed offside despite VAR official John Brooks applying the offside lines to the wrong Crystal Palace defender.
Brooks was due to take to the video assistant referee technology for the game between Arsenal and Manchester City and tonight’s clash with Liverpool and Everton. However, Brooks has now been removed from both of the games in light of the weekend’s error.
