Lee Mason

Christian Norgaard was offside when he crossed the ball for Toney, but, remarkably, Mason forgot to draw offside lines during the VAR check for the goal.

They wrote: 'And what are the repercussions for a mistake that could be so costly come the end of the season? ‘VAR was looking to see if there was an offside and whether Ethan Pinnock had blocked off Gabriel in the build-up. We need to focus on things we can control and make sure our games are not decided by their incompetence.' Some refs should not have a job. It is frustrating but they will probably give an explanation later in the week. The refereeing in this country is SHAMBOLIC and what’s even worse is these frauds always get away with it scot-free.'. He was a shocking ref, now being shocking on VAR. Pinnock was eventually adjudged not to have been interfering with play. Another added: 'Chef forgets to cook? Bus driver forgets to drive? The lines, simply, didn’t go down. ‘I just looked back and it is offside, Arteta said.

PGMOL chief Howard Webb has been told to dismiss Lee Mason after his costly Arsenal mistake.

On Sunday, a PGMOL statement read: "PGMOL can confirm its Chief Refereeing Officer Howard Webb has contacted both Arsenal and Brighton and Hove Albion to acknowledge and explain the significant errors in the VAR process in their respective Premier League fixtures on Saturday. And emerging news reveals they were right to feel robbed of three points, as VAR referee Lee Mason 'forgot to draw the offside lines' when checking the goal. After judging Pinnock onside, the VAR didn't draw lines to see whether Norgaard was in a legal position. However, there was a surprise when the goal stood after most of Mason's focus was on whether Ethan Pinnock was offside in the first phase of Brentford's free-kick. PGMOL chief Howard Webb has been told to dismiss Lee Mason after his costly Arsenal mistake. Howard Webb urged to sack Lee Mason by fellow ref after third major VAR error at Arsenal

Howard Webb has been urged to sack Lee Mason for his horrendous blunder that could see Arsenal lose the title come the end of the season after the Gunners ...

One of the first things he should do is dismiss permanent VAR operator Lee Mason. After a three-minute wait while VAR checked whether Norgaard was onside, it was found that the goal would stand. He said: "Howard Webb is now in charge of the PGMOL. The 51-year-old retired from on-field refereeing and has since taken up a permanent role on VAR but was found to have failed when looking into Brentford's late equaliser. These are decisions that VAR should get right." Former Premier League Keith Hackett has now spoken out about the woeful decision.

VAR official Lee Mason didn't check a second offside in the lead-up to Brentford's equaliser after looking at Ethan Pinnock's role for minutes.

The officials spent a couple of minutes determining whether Pinnock was offside from the initial free-kick taken by Mathias Jensen, but then failed to pick up on a [second potential offside against Norgaard](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/arteta-brentford-equaliser-disallowed-offside/bltb3dd47b7ff417270) because they forgot to draw the lines that would have shown it. WHAT NEXT FOR ARSENAL? [Mikel Arteta argued should not have stood](https://www.goal.com/en/news/arteta-brentford-equaliser-disallowed-offside/bltb3dd47b7ff417270), ensured it's two consecutive weeks in which the Gunners haven't collected maximum points after losing at [Goodison Park last weekend.](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/dyche-dents-gunners-title-charge-winners-losers-ratings-arsenal-damaging-defeat-everton/bltb2b948009c92f48a) More dropped points yesterday opens the door for Manchester City to close the gap between the two to three should they beat Aston Villa on Sunday.

The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) have admitted that VAR made two "significant errors" during this weekend's Premier League action, ...

Mason was the VAR during the match, failing to disallow Ivan Toney's equaliser despite Christian Norgaard, who assisted the goal, being offside in the build-up. One of the first things he should do is dismiss permanent VAR operator Lee Mason. Now, Hackett, who was a referee in the English top-flight for almost two decades has urged new PGMOL chief Howard Webb to axe Mason. [north London outfit](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/) broke the deadlock at the Emirates Stadium in the 66th minute through Belgian attacker Leandro Trossard but their lead was short-lived as Bees frontman Ivan Toney equalised from close range just eight minutes later. [VAR Lee Mason forgets to draw offside lines during Brentford's controversial goal vs Arsenal](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/var-lee-mason-brentford-arsenal-26218149) [However, it emerged on Saturday evening that VAR Lee Mason had forgotten to draw](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/var-lee-mason-brentford-arsenal-26218149) the relevant offside lines in the build-up to the goal, with midfielder Christian Norgaard, who assisted Toney, actually offside.