Furious Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta delivers scathing verdict on Myles Lewis-Skelly red card
Furious Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta delivers scathing verdict on Myles Lewis-Skelly red card
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Mikel Arteta delivered scathing verdict on referee Michael Oliver’s decision to send off Myles Lewis-Skelly during Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Wolves. The Gunners kept themselves in the Premier League title race thanks to Riccardo Calafiori’s second half strike, but the dismissal of the player he effectively replaced dominated the post match agenda.
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Lewis-Skelly would have expected to have collected a yellow card for a cynical trip on Matt Doherty, especially given the offence took place on the edge of the Wolves penalty area. The teenager and his teammates were left stunned, however, when Oliver brandished a red card with the decision upheld by VAR and the challenge deemed ‘serious foul play’.
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Asked for his response to a decision that former England captain Alan Shearer called one of the worst he had ever seen Arteta was typically forthright and said: ‘It is that clear that I leave it to you guys. I am absolutely fuming but I leave it with you. Because it is that obvious. I don’t think my words are going to help.’.
Lewis-Skelly will now serve a three- match ban unless Arsenal are successful with an appeal. Asked if his club would attempt to get the ban lifted, Arteta added: ‘That’s for the club to decide what the best decision is. I think it’s that obvious, maybe we don’t even need to.’.
Pressed on the subject of an appeal in his post match press conference, Arteta said he hoped the Premier League would see the incident as being similar to the one which saw a Bruno Fernandes red card against Tottenham scrubbed from the record books earlier this season.
