Myles Lewis-Skelly's controversial red card against Wolves on Saturday sent shockwaves around the Premier League. The Arsenal defender was sent off in the 43rd minute at Molineux.

Referee Michael Oliver gave the 18-year-old left-back his marching orders after stopping Matt Doherty from starting a counter-attack from the edge of his own penalty area. Video assistant referee Darren England, aided by Adrian Holmes, the assistant VAR, checked and confirmed the decision, deeming the challenge serious foul play.

Replays suggested that, as well as preventing Wolves from breaking clear, Lewis-Skelly caught his opponent on the top of the Achilles. It was a sore one for Doherty, who went down clutching the back of his leg.

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After Joao Gomes had also seen red for the home side, Arsenal took the lead in the 74th minute through Riccardo Calafiori. That helped Mikel Arteta's side secure a much-needed 1-0 win in their pursuit of the Premier League title.

Although Arsenal ended up winning, there was still a huge amount of fury among the squad, fanbase and Arteta because of the red card to Lewis-Skelly, who is now set to miss the next two matches. With this in mind, football.london takes a look at the statements released since the incident.

Immediate statement

The Premier League released a statement on Saturday explaining why VAR didn't intervene to overturn the decision to hand Lewis-Skelly a red card.

"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," it read.

PGMOL on Oliver

After Lewis-Skelly's dismissal, Oliver is said to have received alleged online abuse for his decision and the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) have since offered a sharp response.

Following online abuse of Oliver, a PGMOL statement read: "We are appalled by the threats and abuse directed at Michael Oliver following the Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal fixture.

"No official should be subject to any form of abuse, let alone the abhorrent attacks aimed at Michael and his family over the past 24 hours.

"The police are aware, and a number of investigations have commenced. We are supporting Michael, and all those affected, and are determined to tackle this unacceptable behaviour.

"Sadly, this is not the first time a match official has been forced to deal with threats in recent times. We will continue to support all investigations."

Red card stance

Although there has been a huge amount of anger at Oliver's decision, PGMOL have appeared to back why he chose to hand Lewis-Skelly a red card. The Mirror's Darren Lewis spoke to the PGMOL and shared their verdict on Sunday.

"I know that the PGMOL's position is that the challenge was extremely late, and the point of contact was high," Lewis relayed. "That's their position, and they supported Michael Oliver and Darren England.

"They felt that Darren had seen nothing in the replays to suggest that the decision taken by Michael Oliver was wrong. And so that's why they were supportive of both men.

"I also am aware that the PGMOL feel aggrieved at the tidal wave of criticism they have had from ex-players within the game. They feel terms like 'the worst decision ever' are quite sensationalist from their point of view because they are saying that you could make a legitimate case from seeing that footage for suggesting that Michael Oliver was right to take the decision that he did."