Jamie Carragher blasts Micah Richards’ bold take on Myles Lewis-Skelly’s red card after Arsenal’s win at Wolves
Jamie Carragher has hit out at Micah Richards’ take on Myles Lewis-Skelly’s controversial sending off against.
Wolves, joking he needs to have a สมัคร UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ strong word with the former Manchester City defender.
Arsenal youngster Lewis-Skelly was given his marching orders for bringing down. Matt Doherty in the first half of last Saturday’s Premier League clash, while the scoreline was still goalless.
Riccardo Calafiori would go on find an all-important winner in the 74th minute, just moments after Wolves were also reduce to ten men, but Lewis-Skelly’s red card was undoubtedly the main talking point coming away from the Molineux contest.
Given the challenge was made deep inside Arsenal’s half, most fans and viewers were left stunne. When referee Michael Oliver brandishe a red from his pocket a decision which. Was upheld by video assistant referee Darren England.
Mikel Arteta said he was ‘absolutely fuming’ when facing the media after the final whistle,. While the likes of Alan Shearer and Richards suggeste the call was among. The worst they had seen in recent memory in the English top flight.
Lewis-Skelly’s three-man ban has since overturne following an Arsenal appeal, which will come as a major relief to Arteta ahead of his side’s match with Manchester City this weekend.
‘The fact it was a 3pm game and it wasn’t live on TV… I was at the Wigan game and I saw that Arsenal had a man sent off. I could see the reaction on social media and I heard someone on the radio on the way. Home saying it was the worst decision he’s ever seen,’ Carragher.
‘I’ve got to wait until Match of the Day comes on to watch it but you’ve already got it ingraine in your head that this decision must be horrific.
‘It was a mistake but the more you look at it… he knows it’s a normal trip, that’s a yellow card, but he obviously feels that the studs on the ankle or just above the ankle made it a cynical foul.
‘I didn’t think it was but the referee felt it was but this talk, people coming out saying it was the worst decision, I think a lot of it was because no one had actually seen it but everyone had heard about it before and there was something in people’s heads.’