Arsenal used four video clips as part of their appeal against Myles Lewis-Skelly’s red card.
The full-back was controversially sent off by Michael Oliver during the Gunners’ win over Wolves on Saturday.
GettyArsenal used four video clips in their appeal against Lewis-Skelly’s red card[/caption]
GettyOliver sent off the full-back for this challenge on Wolves defender Matt Doherty[/caption]
Lewis-Skelly was shown a straight red card for kicking Wolves defender Matt Doherty.
However, the Gunners have since been successful with an appeal against the decision.
As a result, the 18-year-old’s red card has been overturned, with his three-match suspension also rescinded.
Lewis-Skelly is now free to face Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the reasons for the FA Regulatory Commission’s decision to overturn the red card have been revealed.
The decision was reached after Arsenal used four video clips to argue their case of wrongful dismissal.
A report from the claim explained that the Gunners showed footage of Lewis-Skelly’s challenge from multiple angles in both slow motion and real time.
Footage of the challenge which saw Wolves’ Joao Gomes get sent off later in the match was also used.
The midfielder was shown a second yellow card for a foul by Oliver after an earlier caution for dissent.
Arsenal concluded their case with two clips of incidents which resulted in red cards in the past but were overturned on appeal following claims of wrongful dismissal.
GettyThe Gunners showed footage of the challenge which saw Gomes shown a second yellow[/caption]
GettyA clip of Bruno Fernandes’ red card against Tottenham was also used[/caption]
Clips of challenges by Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes and Alexis Mac Allister of Liverpool were both shown.
The challenges were both deemed to be serious foul play at the time before the red cards were rescinded on appeal.
IFAB’s Laws of the Game define serious foul play as: “A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play.
“Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force or endangers the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play.”
Arsenal also submitted a document to the commission explaining why they believed Lewis-Skelly’s dismissal was wrongful.
The document also explained that if it was deemed the red card was not wrongful, that a three-match ban was excessive.
Following the claim, the commission unanimously agreed that Oliver had made an obvious error.
It was decided that Lewis-Skelly’s challenge did not constitute serious foul play, resulting in the dismissal being overturned.