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  2-4 Aston Villa Arsenal: Mikel Arteta's side revive their title bid with two goals in added time, including an Emi Martinez own goal, to win a Premier League classic at Villa Park. Before Arsenal's comeback, Aston Villa took the lead twice through Ollie Watkins and Philippe Coutinho. Arsenal came back with three second-half goals from Zinchenko, Martinez's own goal, and Martinelli. Arsenal has now moved three points clear of Manchester City atop the Premier League table. The dream was evaporating little by little. Arsenal had come back from two goals down at Villa Park, but Martin Odegaard had missed an open goal with 12 minutes remaining, and it appeared that two more crucial points in the title race would be lost. It was an afternoon to pause and stare in disbelief as Arsenal's challenge imploded. A football game became a rubberneckers' convention. Everything changed after that. Jorginho smashed an unstoppable drive over Emiliano Martinez's dive three minute

  Lee Mason, the VAR blunder referee, has resigned following his blunder in the Arsenal vs. Brentford game at the weekend. The Mancunian is leaving the PGMOL by "mutual consent" after refs' chief Howard Webb apologized for his error and Gunners' boss Mikel Arteta vented his rage. Following his weekend controversy, Lee Mason was quickly removed from the refs' organization. Credit: Getty Mason allegedly failed to draw a line to mark Christian Norgaard's offside before Ivan Toney scored. Credit: Sky Sports In the lead-up to Brentford's equalizer in Saturday's 1-1 draw at the Emirates, Mason, 51, missed an offside. He was consequently removed from this weekend's games. After 15 years, he has now completely departed the organization of referees. Mason only worked on VAR after quitting the Premier League's on-pitch officiating at the end of 2020–21. Lee Mason, the video assistant referee, reportedly left the company on their own accord, according to

  Howard Webb, the chief referee, has called an emergency meeting of all officials, and could AXE blundering VAR duo after being left AGHAST as howlers saw Arsenal and Brighton denied? The PGMOL has admitted to VAR mistakes against Arsenal and Brighton. According to a statement, both incidents were caused by "human error." All officials were summoned to Stockley Park for an emergency meeting by the chief referee. After two embarrassing - and potentially crucial - VAR gaffes in one day, new refs chief Howard Webb has summoned all officials to Stockley Park for an emergency summit. In a bizarre gaffe revealed by Sportsmail, bungling video official Lee Mason forgot to draw the correct lines to determine whether a Brentford player was offside in the build-up to their equalizer against title-chasing Arsenal at the Emirates on Saturday. On a bad day for the under-fire system, Brighton saw a goal chalked off in a 0-0 draw with rivals Crystal Palace after VAR John Brooks drew the off