After the Wolverhampton game on Saturday, it was an angry Mikel Arteta. Arsenal ran away with a narrow away win, but lost Myles Lewis-Skelly to a red card. The Arsenal manager had trouble accepting the latter. Now it turned out Arteta was right.
“It’s so obvious that I’m leaving it to you, I’m furious, but I’m leaving it to you, because it’s so obvious. I don’t think my words will help,” said a very dejected Arteta after the final whistle against Wolves.
For 18-year-old Lewis-Skelly, who has been on the pitch for 7 of the last 8 Premier League games, this means a three-match suspension.
Arsenal chose to file an appeal against the decision, on Tuesday the English Football Association announced that Arsenal will be successful. The decision to give Lewis-Skelly a red card was wrong.
This means that Arteta has the super talent at his disposal at left-back when it comes to the return of mentor Guardiola and City this weekend.
