Why was Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly sent off against Wolves?
Why was Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly sent off against Wolves?
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Lewis-Skelly was sent off in the 43rd minute for a foul on Matt Doherty. Arsenal have received their fourth red card of the Premier League season, with Myles Lewis-Skelly sent off against Wolves. Lewis-Skelly was shown a straight-red card by referee Michael Oliver in the 43rd minute for a doul on Matt Doherty.
With Wolves defending a corner at Molineux, the home side looked to start a counter-attack after clearing their box. The ball fell to Wolves full-back Doherty, who took it in his stride as his team-mates ran forward. But Doherty was then caught by Lewis-Skelly’s outstretched right leg, going down about 10 yards outside of Wolves’ box.
Lewis-Skelly, however, was shown a straight-red card for “serious foul play”. The Premeir League Match Centre confirmed: “The referee’s call of a red card for Lewis-Skelly was checked and confirmed by VAR, who deemed his challenge to have been serious foul play.”.
Arsenal’s players were furious at the decision, with Lewis-Skelly’s challenge looking fairly innocuous, even if it was a cynical trip to stop the counter-attack. Though because Lewis-Skelly was ruled to have made contact above Doherty’s ankle, the VAR did not intervene or overrule the on-field decision.
According to the Premier League, “high and full and forceful contact on ankle or above is considered dangerous” and can therefore result in a red card. The dismissal left Arsenal down to 10 players for the second half against Wolves and was the fourth red card shown to Mikel Arteta’s side this season.
