Micah Richards has called the controversial sending-off of Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly against Wolves the ‘worst decision in Premier League history’ - a claim Liverpool fans will no doubt take issue with.

The fallout from Lewis-Skelly’s red card continues after the Arsenal youngster was given his marching orders for catching Matt Doherty near the edge of the Wolves penalty area as the hosts looked to break at Molineux.

Referee Michael Oliver wasted little time in sending the 18-year-old off, having deemed Lewis-Skelly’s challenge to be serious foul play. Although the left-back did raise his foot, many pundits have argued it should have just been a yellow card.

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Richards is the latest to voice his grievances, going on an extraordinary rant during the Rest is Football podcast.

“That’s the worst decision I have ever seen in Premier League football history,” Richards sensationally began.

“Michael Oliver, yes I think he’s top. So he makes a mistake, which we all make mistakes, but how on earth they can go to VAR, look at a screen, look at it multiple times, not even a split second to look at it, but 10 seconds, 20 seconds, multiple different angles, and they still think that is a red.

“And I don’t like using the word disgrace because I feel like it’s easy to throw that word out. But if you look at the magnitude of that decision, it was so poor, and then for them to double down on the decision, I just think it’s shocking.”

Of course, Liverpool fans will rightly point out that Richards has clearly overlooked a more infamous example for the ‘worst decision in Premier League history’, with Lewis Skelly’s sending-off not even the worst in the last 18 months.

That title surely has to go to Luis Diaz’s disallowed goal against Tottenham back in September 2023. Despite VAR having all the tools at their disposal and coming to the conclusion that the Colombian was in fact not offside when he scored during the first half, somehow the wrong decision was still made - and there can be absolutely no disputing that fact.

As much as the consensus is that Lewis-Skelly should not have been sent off, it is still a judgement call, and there will be those that would argue that, having gone in with his foot raised, the red card may have been the right call. There is simply no defending the process that led to Diaz’s goal being disallowed.

What’s more, Liverpool couldn’t even comfort itself with a victory - or even a point - to soften the blow. The fact that Arsenal went on to win against Wolves once again lessens Richards’ claim.

So, no Micah, Lewis-Skelly’s red card is not the worst decision in Premier League history. In fact, it is going to take an absolutely astonishing call for it to take the crown of Diaz’s wrongly disallowed goal.