Myles Lewis-Skelly’s red card in Wolves’ 1-0 win on Saturday has been canceled after appeal.
Arsenal’s defender was rejected in the first half after bringing Matt Doherty as the former Tottenham man threw out his own area.
Referee Michael Oliver ruled that the challenge being a serious foul with Var Darren England choosing not to intervene and send the employee to the field on the screen for a second look.
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Arsenal Leader Michelle Artetta later said that he was “smoking”, although his mood would be even darker if visitors did not grab a worthy victory thanks to Riccardo Calafiori’s goal against one side of wolves and 10 men in this point after Joao Gomes was rejected.
Arteta was convinced that the red card would be overturned and the confirmation came from the Football Union this afternoon.
It means that the suspension of Lewis-Skelly’s three games is no longer valid and is able to play in the game with Manchester City over the weekend.
It has been reported today that Oliver had to organize the game in the Emirates, but has been removed from the accessory and instead was assigned to Ipswich against Southampton.
The Newcastle employee has come to a heavy criticism of his performance in Molineux with the BBC Pundit Alan Shearr who points out the decision “one of the worst I have seen for a long time”.
The former Captain of England said: “As a referee you can get it wrong on the pitch, you may see something that is wrong.
“How on Earth Darren England, VAR believes that the referee has that right and you don’t have to send it to the screen.
“One of the worst decisions I have seen for a long time.
I just can’t see and understand what Var thinks with Michael Oliver’s decision.
“It is not strange that he is criticized by so many people.”
Oliver also underwent abuse and threats to the social media, leading the PGMol dietary body to issue a statement.
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Read: “We are frightened by the threats and abuse addressed to Michael Oliver after Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal. No employee should be subject to any form of abuse, let alone the heinous attacks addressed to Michael and his family in the last 24 hours.
“Police know and have begun several investigations. We support Michael and all those who are affected and are determined to face this unacceptable behavior. Unfortunately, this is not the first time a race employee has been forced to face threats in recent years.”
Despite the weekend oven, Oliver is still regarded as one of the top officials of the Premier League and will take over tomorrow night for the Plum Champions League tie between Barcelona and Atalanta.
England will be VAR assistant to Jarred Gillett for the same accessory.
Barca has already proceeded with the 16 -step round automatically, but Atalanta’s fate has not yet been determined.
