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Myles Lewis-Skelly was shown STRAIGHT RED for this foul on Wolves' Matt Doherty just before halftime.
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Jamie O’Hara has called for an ‘investigation’ into VAR following Arsenal teen Myles Lewis-Skelly’s controversial red card.
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Lewis-Skelly was sent off by referee Michael Oliver late in the first half of Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Wolves at Molineux.
The 18-year-old tripped up Wolves’ Matt Doherty as he looked to spring a counter-attack following an Arsenal corner.
It was an incident that would typically be punished with a yellow card given it appeared to be a professional foul.
But Arsenal’s players were left flabbergasted when Oliver brandished a red.
Darren England, who was the VAR official for the contest, upheld Oliver’s decision as Lewis-Skelly’s tackle was deemed ‘serious foul play.’
The decision-making of Oliver and England to brandish and subsequently double down on the red card left O’Hara shaking his head, labelling it ‘one of the worst decisions I’ve ever seen.’
However, the fact England had all the technology at his disposal and still came to the conclusion Lewis-Skelly deserved a red card was what prompted O’Hara to demand VAR ‘should be shut down’.
“Honestly, I’ve watched the replay and I’ve seen it in slo-mo,” O’Hara said on talkSPORT.
“It’s almost like he (Michael Oliver) couldn’t wait to get the red card out. It was unbelievable what I saw.
“For VAR to look at it and agree with him, it is absolutely disgraceful.
“In every replay you watch, you can see Lewis-Skelly sticks his foot out, he wants to take a booking for the team. Every footballer has done it, everyone. It’s not serious foul play, it’s a professional play. You take one for the team, you take a yellow and you move on.
“For him to pull a red card out and say it’s serious foul play, that he went down the back of his Achilles, is a disgrace.
“VAR should get shut down. That is how bad VAR is. The fact they can’t overturn that decision when they’ve looked at it again. All the technology you’ve got in that room, they’re all standing there, looking at that decision and they accept it was a red card?
“There has to be an investigation into what’s going on there.”
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