The VAR official who mistakenly ruled out a goal for offside at the weekend will not be in charge of VAR for Arsenal’s clash with Manchester City.

Arsenal were left fuming at the weekend as the PGMOL admitted Lee Mason failed to check Christian Norgaard for offside in the build-up to Ivan Toney’s equaliser against the Gunners.

As it turns out, Norgaard was offside, and the goal should not have stood.

In a similar incident during the match between Brighton and Crystal Palace, VAR John Brooks accidentally drew the offside line from the wrong defender, ruling an onside goal offside.

The worrying thing about that was that Brooks was set to be in charge of VAR for Arsenal’s match against Manchester City on Wednesday. Brooks was appointed for the fixture before the weekend.

However, James Benge reports that Brooks has now been replaced by David Coote for the fixture.

The most frustrating part about the situation is that both goals would have been judged correctly by the semi-automated offside technology used in the World Cup and the Champions League this season.

The system is faster, more accurate, and it doesn’t forget to check players.

It wouldn’t matter who was in charge of VAR, because they wouldn’t be manually drawing lines on a screenshot, just confirming the images automatically produced by the technology.

Serie A brought in semi-automated offsides mid-season, as they were impressed with how it worked at the World Cup.

The Premier League haven’t even decided whether to introduce it next season yet.