Arsenal vs Manchester Metropolis takes place on Wednesday night time – and the VAR for the sport has been already been changed.
Saturday noticed drama on the Emirates Stadium, with the Gunners dropping two factors after a dodgy offside name. Ivan Toney’s equaliser for Brentford was scored regardless of a transparent offside within the build-up that was missed.
That was one in all simply many unusual choices on the weekend, too. Brighton & Hove Albion had a wonderfully good objective disallowed towards Crystal Palace, whereas Chelsea felt aggrieved not be awarded a penalty towards West Ham United.
On account of the error at Selhurst Park, nonetheless, video assistant referee John Brooks is not going to be the VAR for Arsenal’s conflict with Manchester Metropolis this week.
John Brooks failed to attract the offside strains from the proper defender on the weekend, that means that Brighton additionally dropped two factors. His mistake has resulted in him being changed by David Coote.
“PGMOL can verify its Chief Refereeing Officer Howard Webb has contacted each Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion to acknowledge and clarify the numerous errors within the VAR course of of their respective Premier League fixtures on Saturday,” refereeing physique PGMOL revealed after the weekend.
“Each incidents, which had been as a consequence of human error and associated to the evaluation of offside conditions, are being totally reviewed by PGMOL.”
Anthony Taylor will referee the conflict. Taylor officiated Arsenal’s clashes with Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur this season.
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