Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard have both already been sent off for dubious decisions this season, and now, Myles Lewis-Skelly has followed suit.
Indeed, Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off against Wolves at the weekend for a foul that was deemed serious foul play.
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The referee's call of a red card for Lewis-Skelly was checked and confirmed by VAR, who deemed his challenge to have been serious foul play.
The youngster received the first red card of his senior career, and, as you can imagine, this caused a bit of uproar.
Indeed, Arsenal fans, once again, cried foul, but it wasn't just Arsenal supporters who weren't happy.
Sutton took to social media to share his verdict on Lewis-Skelly's red card.
The pundit was far from happy with the referee's decision to send the youngster off and the VAR's decision to uphold the on-field call.
Arsenal red card is a shocker… it's not even a great debate… if that's serious foul play heaven help us all…total incompetence from the VAR operators!
— Chris Sutton (@chris_sutton73) January 25, 2025
Sutton blasted the VAR for this decision, claiming that this was a level of incompetency involved in this decision.
Joao Gomes was sent off in the second-half, so things were eventually levelled up.
Lewis-Skelly's red card is just the latest in a list of problems Arsenal have had with referees this season.
This isn't the first time Arsenal have had refereeing problems this term.
The Gunners have been at the centre of a number of refereeing controversies this season already.
| Game | Refereeing incident | Final score |
| Arsenal vs Brighton | Declan Rice sent off for kicking the ball away | 2-2 |
| Manchester City vs Arsenal | Leandro Trossard sent off for kicking ball away | 2-2 |
| Bournemouth vs Arsenal | William Saliba sent off for foul on halfway line | 2-0 |
| Arsenal vs Liverpool | Gabriel Jesus late goal disallowed | 2-2 |
| Brighton vs Arsenal | Dubious penalty call | 1-1 |
Kai Havertz's disallowed goal vs Liverpool earlier this season was strange to say the least, while Brighton got a dubious penalty against Arsenal earlier this month.
As for Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard's red cards earlier this season, it would appear as though PGMOL's guidance on delaying restarts has changed. After all, Boubacar Kamara was involved in a similar situation against Arsenal just last weekend and he didn't receive a yellow card.
Arsenal have largely been unlucky with refereeing decisions this season, and, sadly, those types of calls can ultimately decide the fate of a title race.
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