The referee Chris Kavanagh will not officiate in the next round of Premier League fixtures after a series of high-profile errors during the FA Cup tie between Aston Villa and Newcastle on Saturday.

Kavanagh has been stood down by Professional Game Match Officials, alongside one of his two assistants at Villa Park, Nick Greenhalgh. The second, Gary Beswick, will run the line at Nottingham Forest v Liverpool on Sunday.

The trio came under intense scrutiny after Newcastle’s 3-1 victory, with three apparent errors visible to those watching at home. Tammy Abraham should have been ruled offside for Villa’s opening goal, a high tackle by Lucas Digne on Newcastle’s Jacob Murphy was not adjudged to be reckless, and Digne clearly handled inside the Villa penalty area, only for Kavanagh to award a free-kick outside the box instead of a penalty.

Kavanagh’s showing has prompted a new round of debate as to the value of video assistant refereeing. The FA Cup uses video refereeing technology only from the fifth round, and Newcastle’s manager, Eddie Howe, suggested after the Villa tie that referees had begun to avoid taking difficult decisions because they are accustomed to VAR being there to correct any errors.