Lee Mason will NOT be on VAR duty this weekend after failing to draw the correct lines on replay

Lee Mason has not been selected to officiate at any of next weekend’s Premier League games after his shocking blunder at the weekend drew widespread criticism.

Sportsmail reported that Mason, who was operating as a video assistant referee (VAR), on Saturday at the Emirates, was unable to correctly draw the lines in the replay to decide if a Brentford player was offside in the build-up to the late equaliser.

Ivan Toney headed in on 74 minutes to deny the Gunners all three points, in a weekend that saw Manchester City cut the gap at the top of the table to just three points.

Mason has faced calls to be fired since the mistake that could have major repercussions on former referee chief Keith Hackett’s title race.

And Mason isn’t the only referee to come under fire, as John Brooks was also pulled for the Gunners’ clash with City on Wednesday after drawing VAR lines from the wrong defender in Brighton’s draw with Crystal Palace.

Lee Mason was not named on the list of Premier League match officials for upcoming games

VAR officer Mason forgot to mark the offside lines upon seeing Ivan Toney’s equalizing goal

Howard Webb summoned officials to an emergency meeting after two VAR howls on Saturday

On Tuesday, the Premier League published its list of referees for upcoming fixtures, and Mason’s name was significantly absent.

Saturday’s was the second high-profile mistake Mason has made this season, after disallowing a Newcastle goal against Crystal Palace in September, after which he was again removed from duty.

Refereeing chief Howard Webb called an emergency meeting for match officials to discuss the two flagrant errors in an attempt to eliminate similar misjudgments in the future.

The 51-year-old was forced to contact the Gunners and European hopefuls Brighton to “acknowledge significant errors in the VAR process”, according to refereeing body PGMOL.

Their statement added: “Both incidents, which were due to human error and related to the analysis of offside situations, are being thoroughly reviewed.”

Mason is now retired from on-field refereeing and is only operating as a VAR official.

But while Bolton-born VAR was conspicuously absent, Brooks was still listed on the Premier League’s latest list of officials.

Although not on VAR duty, Brooks will return as the fourth official when Arsenal take on Aston Villa on Saturday.

PGMOL also admitted making a mistake by ruling out Pervis Estupinan’s goal at Crystal Palace

It was clear that VAR should have ruled out Ivan Toney’s goal against Arsenal on Saturday