Arsenal receive Myles Lewis-Skelly red card appeal verdict amid Man United 'precedent'
Mike Dean believes Arsenal will win any appeal they make against the three-match suspension Myles Lewis-Skelly is facing following the player's sending-off against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Michael Oliver showed Lewis-Skelly a red card following a tackle on Wolves defender Matt Doherty in the final few minutes of the first half. Video assistant referee Darren England, aided by Adrian Holmes, the assistant VAR, checked the referee's decision and confirmed the call, deeming the challenge serious foul play.
As such, Lewis-Skelly will miss the club's next three domestic fixtures. The first is at the Emirates Stadium against Manchester City next weekend, next is the League Cup semi-final second leg away to Newcastle United and finally, a second Premier League fixture away at Leicester City.
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As with every straight red card shown, the club can appeal the suspension, and Dean believes the Football Association could well overturn the ban. The former Premier League referee said on Sky Sports News during Soccer Saturday : "I think they've got grounds for appealing.
"It's just whether when the panel sits and reviews it - ex-managers and ex-players - which way will they go? I would think if they appeal, the way managers and players look at it, none of the players will think it's a red card, so I think they may well win the appeal."
During his post-match press conference, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta addressed whether the club would appeal. "Well, hopefully, we don't need," he said.
"If we have to, it's a really good precedent with what happened with Bruno [Fernandes vs Tottenham Hotspur, when Manchester United successfully appealed his suspension] this season. Hopefully.
"Okay, we were in a position we shouldn't have been in; at least let's be in a position that we should be in for the next few weeks and allow our player to continue to do his job."
