An enraged Mikel Arteta said he was ‘fuming’ about Myles Lewis-Skelly’s controversial red card and confirmed that Arsenal will appeal the decision if it’s not automatically overturned by the FA.
Referee Michael Oliver sent off 18-year-old Lewis-Skelly on the cusp of half-time for a foul on Matt Doherty as Wolves were breaking away from an Arsenal set-piece.
It resulted in the visiting players surrounding Oliver in fury. There was initial confusion over whether the red card was due to Lewis-Skelly denying a goalscoring opportunity, despite the incident taking place 90 yards away from goal.
But the PGMOL’s Match Centre account on X confirmed that the challenge had been deemed as ‘serious foul play’, which was checked by the VAR Darren England.
England was on VAR duty for the controversial disallowed Luis Diaz goal against Tottenham in September 2023, where he failed to overturn an incorrect offside call.
The sending off was Arsenal’s fourth in the league this season. Wolves went down to 10 men, too, on 70 minutes after Joao Gomes was red carded for a second yellow.
Arsenal teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly (right) was shown a straight red card away to Wolves

Boss Mikel Arteta was left ‘fuming’ with the decision, despite Arsenal going on to win 1-0
Arteta 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.
‘Hopefully we don’t need to (appeal the red card) and if we have to, it happened and it’s a really good precedent what happened with Bruno (Fernandes) this season as well. We are in a position we shouldn’t be in.’
Manchester United’s Fernandes was sent off against Tottenham on September 29, 2024, but his red card was overturned by the FA after a successful appeal.
On his team’s comeback performance, Arteta added: ‘That is what they show us every single day.
‘This season is very special for many circumstances. With Mikel (Merino) and Martin (Odegaard) out, we had to come to a very difficult opponent that is fighting relegation and we had another issue in the match.’
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