Howard Webb says that the red card of Myles Lewis -Skelly against Wolves was the wrong decision – but defended the referee Michael Oliver and his officials saying that the call was not “horrible”.
Lewis-Skelly was returned controversial by Oliver in the first half of the 1-0 victory of Arsenal against the Wolves for having mistreated Matt Doherty, a decision which was then canceled after an Arsenal call, which received a fine £ 65,000 for their field on the ground reaction to the red card.
In the latest episode of the Mic’d Up official match, where the referee’s audio was published, Var Darren England showed no desire to send Oliver to the Var monitor, without any contribution from the assistant referees in the decision -making.
The PGMOL webb leader thinks that England should have intervened to notice the “studs watched” of Lewis -Skelly who should have maintained him on the ground – despite the Var assistant who was referring to the audio.
“From the start, we would prefer a yellow card in this situation,” said Webb in the last episode of Mic’d Up of an official match.
“Obviously, the referee of the day felt the actions of Myles Lewis -Skelly, he saw the player move to an opponent without any capacity or intention to play the ball – with the intention of stopping the opponent.
“The referee estimated that it was a serious serious game, the Var checked the images to see if the call was clearly and obviously false and he considered that it was not the case – seeing that the contact was high enough on the leg.
“But we know that for a serious serious game, we need excessive strength or brutality and what we see here is this high contact [just] Watch and get out of the leg fairly quickly.
“So, for this reason, everyone in the game has formed the same conclusion that it does not lack serious play – because of this contact with a glance. Because the studs do not really go directly to the leg, they take a look before going down on the foot.
Webb: I understand Oliver’s thought – it’s not a horrible call
The decision to return Lewis-Skelly caused a great debate in the game. Among the general criticism, Micah Richards of Sky Sports said that it was “the worst decision I have ever seen in the history of football at first League “.
Webb thinks there have been criteria in the Lewis-Skelly challenge to send it, but the overall evidence indicated a yellow card.
“There are considerations that could take care of a red card, but there are a whole series of others that say that it is not quite there, so in balance, we prefer that it was a Yellow card, “said webb.
“The Var did not want to go up the situation, they were aware of the referee’s call unless it was clearly and obviously. Map on the ground.
“I heard this described as a really horrible officiant decision. This is not the case! I understand why the referee saw this the day as a serious action.
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The Sky Sports News special soccer, Paul Merson, reacts to the decision to overthrow the decision of the red card of Myles Lewis-Skelly after the Arsenal call.
“We have to be careful to slow down things and freeze things. [studs] And stands out fairly quickly.
“But this is an understandable decision on the ground. Yes, we think that the Var should have been involved, but at the same time, I can understand why it did not happen in the moment.
“We listen to the game, we rival the officials to try to make sure that we are in line with the expectations of the game and the way we judge these things.”
Webb: Oliver abuses “totally unacceptable”
Michael Oliver was subjected to online abuses
In the days following the incident, referee Oliver received violence on social networks that PGMOL has described as “appalling”.
The arbitration organization contacted the police and a number of surveys were launched. Oliver immediately returned to wear, taking care of Ipswich’s devices against Southampton and Everton vs Liverpool in February.
“Really disappointing,” said Webb about abuses for managers after the Lewis-Skelly call.
“We know that criticism presents itself, it is an integral part of the work. Everyone in the field is criticized to a certain extent, managers do it too. But there is a line, isn’t it ?
“No one should be subject to threats, their families should not be subject to threats – whether officials or players. We have seen all the participants exposed to these kinds of things.
“So, really disappointing in this regard. People will not always want to agree with the decision – yes, they can criticize where they feel justifiable – but not at the level we have seen in this situation where it led to Threats against the referee, the officials of this game and their families.
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The PGMOL chief, Howard Webb and Michael Owen, analyze if Diogo Jota de Liverpool was reserved for simulation after Var overturned his VS Wolves penalties.
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PGMOL chief Howard Webb and Michael Owen, explain why Liverpool rightly received a penalty against Bournemouth after Cody Gakpo was brought back by Lewis Cook.
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PGMOL chief Howard Webb explains why Bryan Mbeumo’s penalty had to be taken up against Crystal Palace after Marc Guehi’s involvement in the game.
