Video assistant referee operator Lee Mason did not draw the VAR guide lines to check for offside on Brentford's equaliser against Arsenal on Saturday.
Ivan Toney's goal was the subject of a VAR check by Mason following Ethan Pinnock's challenge on Gabriel.
That incident was cleared but there was a suggestion Christian Norgaard was offside in the goal's build-up.
However, Mason did not use the system's lines that would have shown whether the Brentford man was offside or not.
The incident is being put down to human error.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta accused officials of "changing the rules", while former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy called it a "horrendous decision".