Referee Lee Mason has been stood down by the Premier League, who have sought to remove him from officiating in any form during the weekend's upcoming games following recent VAR errors.
Mason has been taken out of the firing line after his involvement in two overturned red cards, alongside fellow official Mike Dean.
Mason was the video assistant referee [VAR] and Dean was the on-field referee for the two matches last week in which West Ham United’s Tomas Soucek and Southampton’s Jan Bednarek were shown red cards.
Controversy raged and many pundits and supporters alike made their fury known at the implementation of VAR, but it was officially deemed that both decisions would be overturned following appeals.