VAR referee Mason, a former on-field referee, made the mistake of not ruling out Ivan Toney's equalizer for Brentford at Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Referee Howard Webb has summoned all officials attending the PGMOL meeting on Tuesday following serious VAR errors in the Premier League over the weekend.
Arsenal and Brighton were both subjected to decisions that were later deemed 'human error' by the referees, with the Gunners conceding Brentford's Ivan Toney and Brighton seeing effort from left-back Pervis Estupinan of they are not allowed at Crystal Palace.
Both matches ended in a 1-1 draw, Arsenal and Brighton dropped two points to lose the title and European ambitions.
Chelsea were also angry they were not awarded a late penalty due to a handball by Tomas Soucek against West Ham, another 1-1 draw, although the decision was described by PGMOL as "subjective". .
In contrast, the moves by Arsenal and Brighton were seen as the wrong decision of VAR executives Lee Mason and John Brooks, as PGMOL explained in a statement. “PGMOL can confirm that their Chief Referee, Howard Webb, has contacted Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion to acknowledge and explain significant errors in the VAR process during their respective Premier League matches. theirs on Saturday,” they said.
"Both incidents, which were caused by human error and involved the analysis of offside situations, are being thoroughly investigated by PGMOL."
Christian Norgaard was offside against some - as was Ethan Pinnock, who saved Gabriel
PGMOL admits Brentford's goal shouldn't stand
PGMOL's agent, Chris Foy, explained Mason's mistake during Arsenal's game against Brentford on Saturday night.
Talking to Mail Online, he said:
"The VAR was looking at whether there was an offside and if Ethan Pinnock would stop Gabriel in the match-fixing situation. He looked at the possibility of the foul and decided there was no foul so referee Peter Bankes made the decision. unclear and clearly confused.
"However, on the verge of scoring, Christian Norgaard - whom Toney headed across - was in an offside position. Estupinan was wrongly denied the goal
Estupinan was wrongly denied the goal
"However, it is true that VAR did not fully investigate the lines. The lines, quite simply, did not fall.
"And that is considered a human error. If the touchline is crossed, the goal will be disallowed for offside."
A spokesman for Brighton Club also confirmed PGMOL had apologized to them after the mistake in the goal of Estupinan.
"As PGMOL has confirmed to the club, a serious error was made in disallowing Pervis Estupinian to score against Crystal Palace yesterday afternoon," they said on Sunday. "The lines in the VAR room to determine if Pervis was offside were incorrectly drawn and the goal should have stood. Deeply disappointed by the error, the club accepted the request. PGMOL's fault and will make no further comment."
Webb has now summoned all of the officials to Stockley Park on Tuesday for a meeting to discuss what happened, with one of his predecessors as the umpire saying he should fired Mason, who had made two similar mistakes over the past two seasons.
There have been calls to fire Lee Mason
There have been calls to fire Lee Mason
Hackett said on Twitter:
“Howard Webb is currently in charge of PGMOL. One of the first things he should do is permanently fire VAR moderator Lee Mason.
"This weekend, Mason disappointed another referee by disallowing Brentford's goal for offside. These are the decisions that VAR should make correctly.
Two years ago, he was removed from VAR duty after his overthrow
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