Micah Richards makes bold claim over ‘shocking’ Myles Lewis-Skelly red card in Arsenal win
Former England and Manchester City star Micah Richards says Myles Lewis-Skelly’s sending off in.
Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Wolves is เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย the worst decision he’s ever seen in the history of the Premier League.
Referee Michael Oliver showe Lewis-Skelly a straight red card for bringing down Matt Doherty as. Wolves broke with pace following an Arsenal corner, with the scoreline goalless at Molineux.
The foul took place deep inside Arsenal’s half and Lewis-Skelly’s challenge appeare far from reckless. On second inspection, but video assistant referee Darren England decide to uphold. Oliver’s initial decision – to the utter astonishment of most fans and viewers.
Mikel Arteta said he was still ‘absolutely fuming’ about the highly controversial call as he face the. Media shortly after the final whistle, with Lewis-Skelly handed a three-match ban as a result of the sending off.
But a tweet from Premier League Match Centre confirme that Lewis-Skelly’s challenge was deemed ‘serious foul play’ and the 18-year-old is set to miss the Gunners’ upcoming games with Manchester City, Leicester and Newcastle as it stands.
‘Michael Oliver, I like him. I think he’s a top referee, I do,’ ex-City defender Richards said when reflecting on the incident on podcast.
‘I understand the scrutiny that you guys are under, I understand it.
‘But guys, that’s the worst decision I’ve ever seen in Premier League football history and I stick by it.
‘This happens week in, week out. Michael Oliver, yes, I think he’s top, so he makes a mistake and we all make mistakes, when we’re doing our punditry we own up don’t we? How can I improve? Because that’s what any normal human being does, they own up to their mistakes.
‘But how on earth they can go to VAR, look at a screen, look at it multiple times… not even a split second to look at it but ten seconds, 20 seconds, multiple different angles and they still think that is a red card.
‘I don’t like using the word “disgrace” because I feel like it’s easy to throw that word out. But if you look at the magnitude of that decision, it was so poor and for them to double down on the decision, I just think it’s shocking.’