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Ben Husband

Premier League axe ref after VAR blunder - but Jarred Gillett keeps place amid controversy

Premier League referee Jarred Gillett will be back in the middle this weekend, despite David Moyes claiming he 'shouldn’t be near football'.

The Australian official was caught up in the middle of a VAR storm last weekend, with a litany of errors across the 10 top-flight fixtures. Gillett was the video referee during Chelsea ’s 2-1 victory over West Ham at Stamford Bridge.

The Hammers thought they had scored a late equaliser when Maxwel Cornet fired home following an Edouard Mendy mistake. However, despite initially awarding the goal, on-field ref Andrew Madley was told to check the pitchside monitor for an alleged foul on the Blues keeper by Jarrod Bowen.

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