Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) have confirmed that Lee Mason has stepped down from his position in the wake of his VAR error in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Brentford.
Mason attracted criticism after mistakenly allowing Ivan Toney’s equaliser to count against Arsenal, failing to identify an offside player during his role as the Video Assistant Referee – a mistake PGMOL later described as ‘human error’.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta dismissed the apology from PGMOL, instead describing Mason’s error as ‘not understanding your job’.
Now, after a mass meeting between all PGMOL…
