ARSENAL HAVE BEEN successful in their appeal against Myles Lewis-Skelly’s straight red card in Saturday’s Premier League game at Wolves.
Teenage midfielder Lewis-Skelly was sent off for serious foul play after bringing down Matt Doherty shortly before half-time and referee Michael Oliver’s decision was ratified by VAR.
The FA said: “An independent regulatory commission has upheld a claim of wrongful dismissal in relation to Myles Lewis-Skelly and removed his three-match suspension.
“The Arsenal player was sent off for serious foul play during their Premier League fixture against Wolves on Saturday, January 25.”
Oliver’s decision infuriated Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta and the club’s fans and was widely criticised by pundits, with Alan Shearer calling it “one of the worst decisions that I’ve seen in a long time”.
Lewis-Skelly became the third youngest player to be dismissed in Premier League history, but the Gunners lodged an appeal in a bid to get the red card overturned and the FA’s decision means the 18-year-old will not be suspended.
Arsenal went on to win the match at Wolves, who were also reduced to 10 men in the second half, thanks to Riccardo Calafiori’s second-half effort, which kept the pressure on title rivals Liverpool.
Lewis-Skelly trained with his Arsenal team-mates at the club’s London Colney base on Tuesday prior to their final Champions League group fixture against Girona.
Arsenal are third in the 36-team table and are well placed to progress to the last 16 automatically.
James French is in the academy and he was an Irish u20 international. Keep investing in youth
@Patrick O Connell: James French is also injured
@Aaron: cheers, didn’t know that
As long as Cronin stays fit they may aswell back Wycherley as cover. In a pinch, John Ryan could probably switch back across to LH if needed too.
@Johnny 5: with Archer, Roman and Knox covering the tight head
@Johnny 5: I think with Ryan likely to remain involved with Ireland, depending on 2 LHs probably leaves things a bit tight. Even if someone was brought in and they were only there behind Cronin and Wycherley it’d be the right thing to do. Even a small injury to either leaves Munster in a lot of bother.
@Jim Demps: You don’t fancy giving James French a try?
@Kevin Ryan: I’m open to correction but he switched to TH over a year ago.
@Jim Demps: I certainly don’t have info to the contrary. That’s a shame though (imo), both because of the current need for a LH, and the signing of Salanoa (in addition to Knox) of a similar age suggests it will be tough for French to break through at TH
@Kevin Ryan: I guess at the time of the move there’d have been less of a need for a LH with probably 5 guys ahead of him, 3 of whom are of a young age. On the TH side another 1 or 2 years will see archer gone and Ryan getting on so there’s plenty of room for both Salanoa, Knox and French.
@Jim Demps: French is injured anyway
Great to hear Wiggys input. So refreshing to hear a coach not use endless cliché s.
It’s great to see Munster trust their young home grown players, it will do the players and the team the world of good in the long run.