Officials

Premier League officials face consequences as VAR Michael Salisbury is axed, but Arsenal get VAR official who has already made multiple errors

Controversial elbow incident involving assistant referee Constantine Hatzidakis has implications for Arsenal and raises questions on refereeing integrity.

Oleksandr Zinchenko has picked up two yellow cards this season from just two fouls, so how does that compare to his time at Manchester City?

Lee Mason has left the referees’ body PGMOL by mutual consent, following his mistake made Arsenal’s match against Brentford.

Arsenal were far from their best against Brentford on Saturday but yet again the officials played a pivotal role in deciding the outcome of the match.

Arsenal have been charged by the FA for failing to control their players but Newcastle United have not been hit while Andy Madley is in charge of a game this weekend.

Arsenal’s match at Chelsea will be refereed by Michael Oliver while nobody’s favourite, Jarred Gillett, will once again be on VAR for an Arsenal match.

Former referee Mark Halsey says that Arsenal should have had a penalty against Southampton on Sunday and that Bukayo Saka should not have been booked for diving.

Chris Kavanagh sent Gabriel off in injury time of the second half of Arsenal’s game against Leeds United but then overturned it and gave him a yellow with some wondering why it didn’t stay red, anyway?

Arsenal v Liverpool will see Michael Oliver take charge of his first Arsenal match of the season.

Gabriel Jesus was booked again against Brentford on Sunday as the former Manchester City man learns cards come much easier when you aren’t in the blue of Manchester City.

Anthony Taylor will take charge of Arsenal’s match against Tottenham while Jarred Gillett is, once again, on VAR for a game at the Emirates.

Arsenal return to action this weekend with a trip to Brentford for a 12pm kick-off on Sunday, so which officials have been charged with messing things up?

Arsenal’s afternoon might have unfolded differently if Greater Manchester’s Lee Mason on VAR hadn’t told Salford’s Paul Tierney to have a look at Christian Eriksen falling over and even Martin Odegaard has no clue why it was called back.

Paul Tierney has been appointed referee for Arsenal’s trip to Manchester United this weekend and it will come as something of a surprise to learn that he hails from just three miles away from Old Trafford, but that’s the least of Arsenal’s problems with him.

Jarred Gillett will step away from the TV screens to take up his whistle as he is appointed referee for Arsenal’s game against Fulham at the Emirates this weekend.

Craig Pawson will take charge of Arsenal’s game against Bournemouth on Saturday and he will be ‘assisted’ by Paul Tierney on VAR.

Mike Dean was expected to leave refereeing when he retired at the end of the season but there has been a U-turn somewhere and he will now take up a new job in refereeing.

If you think that referees are quicker to book Arsenal players than any other side, I’m here to tell you that you aren’t paranoid because it’s (almost) true.

We all know that Mike Dean is set to retire at the end of the season and he will be joined by Martin Atkinson and Jon Moss.