“ARSENAL ace Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off once more following another VAR review. Lewis-Skelly, 18, and the rest of Mikel Arteta’s men endured a miserable afternoon at the Emirates as they lost 1-0 to London rivals West Ham following Jarrod Bowen’s winner. 4 Arsenal ace Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off against West Ham Credit: Getty”, — write: www.thesun.co.uk
Lewis-Skelly, 18, and the rest of Mikel Arteta’s men endured a miserable afternoon at the Emirates as they lost 1-0 to London rivals West Ham following Jarrod Bowen’s winner.
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Arsenal ace Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off against West HamCredit: Getty
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Arsenal’s Lewis-Skelly fouled West Ham star Mohammed KudusCredit: Premier League
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Lewis-Skelly was initially shown a yellow card for that foulCredit: Premier League
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Lewis-Skelly was then sent off after a VAR reviewCredit: Premier LeagueThat shocking loss dealt a major blow to the Gunners’ Premier League title hopes as a victory would have seen them cut down the deficit with leaders Liverpool to five points.
And things got worse for the North Londoners in the 73rd minute when their teenage defender fouled Mohammed Kudus.
The Arsenal academy graduate was caught in possession on the halfway line, with the hosts pushing for an equaliser.
Kudus nicked the ball off the youngster, with Arteta’s goalkeeper David Raya miles off his line.
With the forward in the clear, Lewis-Skelly lunged in to try and poke the ball away.
The versatile defender made limited contact with the ball, bringing the West Ham star down, and after an initial yellow card referee Craig Pawson upgraded it to red following a VAR review.
The Premier League addressed that decision deeming the Ghana international was denied an “obvious goal-scoring opportunity”.
The Prem explained: “VAR checked the referee’s call of yellow card to Lewis-Skelly for a challenge on Kudus – deeming it denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity due to the goalkeeper’s position and there being no covering defender, therefore recommended an on-field review.
“The referee then upgraded the yellow to a red card.”
This isn’t the first time Lewis-Skelly has been sent off in the Premier League.
The Arsenal ace was controversially sent off against Wolves last month.
He received a straight red at Molineux for a cynical foul on Matt Doherty.
On that occasion, Lewis-Skelly made the tackle on the edge of the Wolves area as the hosts attempted to counter.
But Arsenal later launched an appeal and the FA subsequently lifted Lewis-Skelly’s suspension.