English referee Michael Oliver banned from officiating in any Premier League matches this week due to being involved in too many controversial incidents in a short period of time..

The Athletic exclusively reported on Thursday that due to being involved in too many controversial incidents in a short period of time, the English Football Association has issued an order to the country's referee Michael Oliver to ban him from officiating in any Premier League matches this week.

According to the report, Oliver was originally scheduled to serve as the referee, VAR assistant referee or fourth referee in one of the games from this weekend to Monday (March 8 to 10), but this arrangement has been cancelled.

Afterwards, the journalist tried to call the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) to get a response, but the authorities firmly refused to respond positively, only saying that Oliver might have been officiating in the UEFA Champions League match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen this week, so he was scheduled to rest during Premier League matches this weekend.

However, the journalist said that after enquiring, other journalists in the industry working in the English media outlets heard from insiders that the real reason why Oliver was banned from officiating was because he was banned by the English Football Association.

It is reported that the main reason for Oliver's ban was that he had to be reminded by the VAR assistant referee Darren England in the FA Cup match between Crystal Palace and Millwall a few days ago, before deciding to issue a red card to Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts and send him off after he raised his foot and kicked Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta in the face, causing the latter to suffer serious facial injuries and fall into a coma, and had to undergo 25 stitches in the hospital

At the same time, the investigation process of Curtis Jones with Abdoulaye Doucouré's brawl after the latter had provoked fans in the Merseyside Derby between Liverpool and Everton, as well as his verbal quarrels with Reds head coach Arne Slot is still ongoing...

In addition, he also controversially issued a red card to Arsenal wonderkid Myles Lewis-Skelly in the Gunners' match against Wolverhampton Wanderers game recently. Therefore, all these controversies have led the English FA to ban Oliver, who has been constantly slammed.

It is worth mentioning that Oliver claimed that Slot threatened him after the game and said to him that: "If we fail to win the Premier League at the end of this season, I will definitely blame you", but was angrily rebuked by the latter, and this was only the former's unilateral claim. This dispute is indeed still under investigation by the English FA.

The official spokesperson of Crystal Palace also issued a statement after the game and criticized Oliver's inaction, and described Jean-Philippe Mateta as "suffering a horrible experience of misfortune" after completing the stitches.

Arsenal confirmed that after several days of efforts, Lewis-Skelly's red card and ban was finally successfully revoked, but the Premier League giants still criticized Oliver and PGMOL for their inconsistency in match officiating, which led to more and more players like Lewis-Skelly and other clubs being treated unfairly by the refereeing team in matches.