‘Anyone that has ever played the game knows it’s never a red’ – Arsenal legend Wright rages at Lewis-Skelly sending off
‘Anyone that has ever played the game knows it’s never a red’ – Arsenal legend Wright rages at Lewis-Skelly sending off
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Sponsored by. IAN WRIGHT has joined the long-list of former professionals and pundits to be left reeling by the decision to send off Arsenal youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly on Saturday. Lewis-Skelly, 18, was shown a straight red card under controversial circumstances in the first half of Arsenal's 1-0 win over Wolves yesterday.
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Lewis-Skelly was sent for an early shower after tripping Wolves defender Matt Doherty nearly 90 yards away from the Arsenal goal. The cynical challenge left most fans expecting a yellow card, but the Hale End graduate was shown red by referee Michael Oliver instead.
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Leandro Trossard, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Magalhaes led the on-field protests as Arsenal's players showed their frustration at the decision. And now Gunners icon Ian Wright has weighed in on the incident, claiming that it's "never a red". In a video posted on social media by the former Premier Legue bagsman, he fumed: "It's a joke!.
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"Anyone that has ever played the game, and I'm not even talking Premier League, I'm talking five-a-side, Sunday league, knows that it's never a red. "Yellow card, nobody says a word. Time and time again, this level of refereeing [and] the decisions in the Premier League... the inconsistency, the excuses, the apologies.
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"All of them are just the centre of attention for me. We can't criticise too hard because, where are the refs going to come from? Where are we going to get them?. By Mark Halsey. VAR Darren England should have recommended a review as soon as referee Michael Oliver showed Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly a straight red card for his challenge on Wolves’ Matt Doherty.
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