By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG, March 27 (Reuters) - The case of mistaken identity which produced an embarrassing gaffe in the Premier League last weekend should not necessitate a rush to embrace technology to counter controversial refereeing calls, English league football's top executive said on Thursday. But a discussion on introducing refereeing aids to help resolve matters of a "factual nature" should be held, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore told Reuters in an interview at the start of a promotional visit to South Africa. Referee Andre Marriner sent off the wrong Arsenal player at Chelsea on Saturday, causing uproar when he awarded a penalty for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's handball and sent off Kieran Gibbs by mistake despite the real culprit owning up. "I'm not so sure just because of one incident we should be racing to advocate the use of all different forms of technology," Scudamore said.
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