Lee Mason and John Brooks could both be removed from next weekend’s Premier League matches after the two made high-profile errors while working as VARs.
Chief of referees’ body PGMOL Howard Webb has ordered an emergency meeting - where attendance is compulsory - following a string of embarrassing blunders. Both officials, who were on VAR duty last weekend, made basic human errors to change the course of their respective matches.
Mason was in Stockley Park overseeing Arsenal ’s clash with Brentford and failed to rule out Ivan Toney’s equaliser. The goal was allowed to stand despite replays showing Christian Norgaard was in an offside position when he headed the ball back across to Toney. It has since emerged that Mason forgot to draw the lines on Norgaard’s touch, having focused almost exclusively on the first phase of play.
