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.
An official has to decide whether the challenge was careless or reckless — careless is a free-kick only, reckless is a yellow card — or worthy of a red card.
With no goal-line technology in play because the match was held at a League One ground, imagine VAR trying to pick that apart.
Still, because VAR gives referees a second look, it soon became the Japanese knotweed of our game - once present, nothing short of a bomb will stop it.
If Michael had the opportunity to view the challenge again, I’m sure he would have changed his mind, cancelled the red card and issued a yellow.
