The decisions of the men at the whistle are talking about on the other side of the Channel. Indeed, in a press release published this Sunday, the body which represents English professional referees, the PGMOL, admitted that two errors had been made on Saturday by the VAR to the detriment of Arsenal and Brighton, during the 23rd day of the match. Premier League.
“The main head of English refereeing, Howard Webb, has contacted Arsenal and Brighton to acknowledge and explain significant errors in the process of using VAR in their respective matches”, wrote the organization before justifying itself. “Both incidents are due to human error.”
In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, a PGMOL spokesperson explained that the VAR had not checked a possible offside position of the decisive passer, Norgaard, on the equalizer of Brentford against Arsenal (1-1 ). This goal, scored by Ivan Toney, should have been canceled for an offside position. And this error had a direct consequence on the classification, because the Gunners are only six points ahead of their runner-up Manchester City, who face Aston Villa this Sunday (5:30 p.m.).
The Brighton club, meanwhile, confirmed in a statement that the PGMOL had apologized for the cancellation of a goal by Ecuadorian Pervis Estupinan against Crystal Palace (1-1) for an offside position , while the reference line had not been aligned with the last defender of the Londoners.