{"id":4244,"date":"2025-01-25T18:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T19:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=4244"},"modified":"2025-01-25T20:41:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T20:41:40","slug":"ian-wright-slams-premier-league-refereeing-after-new-arsenal-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/25\/ian-wright-slams-premier-league-refereeing-after-new-arsenal-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright slams Premier League refereeing after new Arsenal controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ian Wright couldn’t believe what he was seeing when Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off(Credits: Godfrey Pitt\/Action Plus\/Shutter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ian Wright<\/a> has lamented the state of Premier League<\/a> officiating after Myles Lewis-Skelly<\/a> was controversially sent off by Michael Oliver during Arsenal<\/a>’s win against Wolves.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old Lewis-Skelly became the third youngest player to be dismissed<\/a> in Premier League history when he was shown a straight red card by Michael Oliver in the first half for taking down Matt Doherty in his own half.<\/p>\n

The decision has been met with disbelief by pundits, with Alan Shearer calling it “one of the worst decisions that I’ve seen in a long time”.<\/p>\n

Arteta said he was too ‘fuming’ to comment<\/a> on it, but wants the decision overturned in the same way Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes was let off following a red card against Tottenham earlier in the season.<\/p>\n

‘I am absolutely fuming but I leave it with you,’ he said. ‘I think it is that obvious that we don’t need any comment today and hopefully the right thing will happen.<\/p>\n

‘Hopefully we don’t need to (appeal the decision) and if we have to, there is a really good precedent, what happened with Bruno this season as well.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal are likely to appeal Myles Lewis-Skelly’s red card (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘OK, we were in a position that we shouldn’t be in, at least let’s be in a position that we should be in for the next few weeks and allow that player to continue to his job.’<\/p>\n

It is far from the only controversial decision that has gone against Arsenal over the course of a turbulent season and club legend Wright believes the standard of officiating needs addressing urgently. <\/p>\n

‘It’s a joke,’ said Wright on Instagram. ‘Anyone who has ever played the game, and I’m not even talking Premier League, 5-a-side, Sunday League, they know it’s never a red.<\/p>\n

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Mikel Arteta was delighted with Arsenal’s resilience against Wolves(Credits: Ryan Browne\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘Yellow card and nobody says a word. Time and time again this level of refereeing the decisions in the Premier League, the inconsistency, the excuses, the apologies. All of them are the centre of attention for me.<\/p>\n

‘We can’t criticise too hard because otherwise where are the referees going to come from. Where are we going to get them?<\/p>\n

‘But I’m sorry. This is the highest level of football and we do not have the highest level of referees.<\/p>\n

‘When will the Premier League bring the best referees into the so called best league in the world. At the moment with this level of refereeing we’re nowhere near it.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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