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Should Lewis-Skelly have been sent off?
INCIDENT: Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly shown a straight red card by referee Michael Oliver for fouling Matt Doherty near the edge of the Wolves box.
The decision was "checked and confirmed" by Darren England, with the VAR deeming Lewis-Skelly to have committed "serious foul play".
DERMOT SAYS: "I think it is breaking up a promising attack. That's my opinion and other referees see it differently.
"Lewis-Skelly realises Doherty is away and his priority is to stop him quickly, and he flicks out.
"It's a very cynical foul but not a red card.
"It's not the worst decision in the world like people say.
"Referee Michael Oliver feels, and still feels, that he goes down his Achilles. If that's what he thinks, referees are told now that a tackle with studs down the Achilles have to be a red card.
"I don't think he does. It happens very quickly.
"But for me, I think it is a yellow card for stopping a promising attack. Is the challenge with brutality? is it with malice? Is it gaining intensity and speed? I think not."