Wolves fell to a 1-0 defeat against Arsenal on Saturday and there were a couple of big incidents in the game.
Vitor Pereira’s side came up short at Molineux, despite playing a chunk of the game with a one-man advantage.
Riccardo Calafiori’s second-half goal was the difference between the two teams.
In the first-half, Arsenal went down to 10 men when youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly made a late challenge on Matt Doherty.
Referee Michael Oliver immediately brandished a red card, and the decision was upheld by VAR.
It is a decision that has prompted a lot of talk since the game and pundit Micah Richards had some particularly strong comments about it.
Micah Richards slams Myles Lewis-Skelly red card decision in Wolves vs Arsenal
Inevitably, all talk about the game between Wolves and Arsenal has been dominated by the red card for Lewis-Skelly.
Joao Gomes also got sent off in the game for a late challenge on Jurrien Timber. Danny Murphy slammed Gomes for his ‘ridiculous’ challenge, and some felt he was lucky to get only a second yellow and not a straight red.
But the Lewis-Skelly decision has been the bigger talking point, and Richards gave an emphatic verdict on the latest Rest Is Football podcast.
Talking to Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer, he said: “Guys, that’s the worst decision I’ve ever seen in Premier League football history. And I stick by it.
“This happens week in, week out. How on earth can they go to VAR, go to the screen, look at it multiple times, multiple different angles and they still think that’s a red card. I don’t like using the word ‘disgrace’, but if you look at the magnitude of that decision, it was so poor and for them to double down on the decision – I just think it’s shocking.”
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Lewis-Skelly unlucky, but Richards; claim is ridiculous
There has been a big fallout after the game between Wolves and Arsenal and the decision to send off Lewis-Skelly for the challenge on Doherty has been placed under the microscope.
Granted, Lewis-Skelly was perhaps a tad unfortunate to get a straight red card. The challenge was probably in that ‘orange card’ zone, but we’ve all seen that type of challenge escape a red card before.
But for Richards to brand this the worst decision in Premier League history is completely overboard.
You can see why Oliver felt compelled to send him off. Lewis-Skelly did catch Doherty a little high and the player was moving very quickly and could have suffered an injury.
Arsenal fans are understandably annoyed. But they don’t need such ammunition from Richards – it wasn’t that terrible of a decision, just one their team is maybe on the wrong end of and that’s it.