{"id":4287,"date":"2025-01-26T07:10:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T08:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=4287"},"modified":"2025-01-26T09:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T09:19:28","slug":"former-pgmol-boss-tells-michael-oliver-to-take-drastic-action-with-var-colleague-after-myles-lewis-skelly-red-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/26\/former-pgmol-boss-tells-michael-oliver-to-take-drastic-action-with-var-colleague-after-myles-lewis-skelly-red-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Former PGMOL boss tells Michael Oliver to take drastic action with VAR colleague after Myles Lewis-Skelly red card"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Myles Lewis-Skelly was given his marching orders towards the end of the first half at Wolves (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former PGMOL boss Keith Hackett says Michael Oliver should request not to work with VAR Darren England again after Myles Lewis-Skelly’s highly controversial sending off in Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Wolves.<\/p>\n

The major talking point of Saturday’s high-stakes Premier League<\/a> clash took place in the closing stages of the first half as Wolves broke with pace from deep inside their own half following an unsuccessful Arsenal corner at Molineux.<\/p>\n

But as the hosts burst forward and mounted a dangerous-looking attack in search of an opener, Matt Doherty was brought down by Lewis-Skelly, drawing a furious reaction from the home crowd.<\/p>\n

Lewis-Skelly would no doubt have been expecting a yellow card considering where the foul took place on the pitch. The 18-year-old, though, could not believe his eyes when referee Oliver brandished a red card from his pocket, reducing the visitors to ten men.<\/p>\n

The contentious decision was upheld by VAR, with the Premier League Match Centre tweeting: ‘The referee\u2019s call of a red card for Lewis-Skelly was checked and confirmed by VAR, who deemed his challenge to have been serious foul play.’<\/p>\n

Arsenal would go on to claim all three points thanks to Riccardo Calafiori’s crucial 74th-minute strike, keeping the north Londoners within six points of top-of-the-table Liverpool.<\/p>\n

But Mikel Arteta was still ‘absolutely fuming’ about Lewis-Skelly’s sending off as he faced the media after Arsenal’s hard-fought victory, telling reporters: \u2018It is that clear that I leave it to you guys. <\/p>\n

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The Arsenal youngster was left visibly stunned by the decision (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Arteta said he was ‘fuming’ over the call (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I am absolutely fuming but I leave it with you because it is that obvious. <\/p>\n

‘I don\u2019t think my words are going to help.\u2019<\/p>\n

The decision was universally panned by fans and pundits alike, with ex-England striker Alan Shearer – the Premier League’s all-time leading goalscorer – labelling the call one of the worst he had ever seen.<\/p>\n

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Ex-PGMOL boss Hackett blasted the ‘disastrous’ decision (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Premier League referee Hackett, meanwhile, took to X to deliver his scathing verdict, urging Oliver to take drastic action over Lewis-Skelly’s ‘disastrous’ red.<\/p>\n

‘It\u2019s Arsenal<\/a> and once again they are at the end of a very poor refereeing decision,’ an astonished Hackett tweeted.<\/p>\n

‘Michael Oliver – that is not a red card and if I was you I would tell [Howard] Webb (PGMOL boss) that you do not want to work with your VAR Darren England. <\/p>\n

‘Between you it was a disaster to send off that Arsenal player.’<\/p>\n

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Calafiori found a crucial winner for the visitors at Molineux (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After Shearer had delivered his stinging verdict, Hackett added: Well Alan Shearer you were spot on with your analysis of that very poor decision to red card an Arsenal player. <\/p>\n

‘Oliver was wrong 100% it was reckless that was a yellow card!! offence. <\/p>\n

‘It was a clear and obvious error. VAR Darren England AVAR Adrian Holmes. I you afraid [sic] to send Oliver to the screen.<\/p>\n

‘Frankly you would not be appointed to a EPL game for a month – yes that\u2019s how bad that decision was. Spend a few weeks receiving the appropriate operational advice.’<\/p>\n

Arsenal academy graduate Lewis-Skelly now faces a three-match ban unless the decision is overturned, meaning the teenager will miss the Gunners’ upcoming league games against Manchester City and Leicester.<\/p>\n

The youngster will also have to sit out the second leg of Arsenal’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg with Newcastle at St James’ Park on February 5. <\/p>\n

For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Myles Lewis-Skelly was given his marching orders towards the end of the first half at Wolves (Picture: Getty) Former PGMOL boss Keith Hackett says Michael Oliver should request not to work with VAR Darren England again after Myles Lewis-Skelly’s highly controversial sending off in Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Wolves. The major talking point of Saturday’s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4287"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4295,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4287\/revisions\/4295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}