Arsenal have kept the pressure on Liverpool at the top of the Premier League after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Wolves at Molineux.
Riccardo Calafiori came off the bench to score the only goal but the game will be remembered for the astonishing red card shown to Gunners youngster Myles Lewis Skelly.
The teenager was shown a straight red card towards the end of the first-half with the Premier League Match Centre labelling the offence ‘serious foul play.’
Lewis-Skelly halted a Wolves counter attack by cynically tripping Matt Doherty on the edge of his own penalty area.
While the Wolves player was still a good 90 yards away from goal, Michael Oliver did not hesitate to show the red card with VAR agreeing with his on field decision.
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Wolves were also reduced to 10 men in the second-half with Joao Gomes given his marching orders after a second yellow card.
Calafiori produced the winner four minutes later, brilliantly latching onto a poor Wolves clearance to find the far corner.
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FULL-TIME! Wolves 0-1 Arsenal
Arsenal claim all three points! They keep the pressure on Liverpool after a mad afternoon at Molineux.
Wolves 0-1 Arsenal | 90+4 mins
Wolves lose the ball again – this has been a pretty meek final charge from the hosts.
Wolves 0-1 Arsenal | 90+2 mins
Timber eases the pressure as he wins a free kick on the edge of his own box. Arsenal are close to a vital win.
Wolves 0-1 Arsenal | 90 mins
Five minutes of time added on.
Wolves 0-1 Arsenal | 90 mins
A whole load of changes for Wolves in their final roll of the dice, Gonçalo Guedes comes on for Doherty, Rodrigo Gomes for Ait-Nouri and Tommy Doyle for Andre.
Wolves 0-1 Arsenal | 87 mins
Cunha tries his luck with another effort from range but it’s a more comfortable save for Raya.
Change for Arsenal here with Kieran Tierney on for Martinelli.
Wolves 0-1 Arsenal | 84 mins
Change for Wolves as they chase an equaliser – Jean-Ricner Bellegarde enters the fray for Sarabia.
Wolves 0-1 Arsenal | 77 mins
The substitute gets the opener! Riccardo Calafiori produces a brilliant finish. Martinelli’s cross is only partially cleared with the Italian picking it up in the box, sweeping a sweet strike across goal and into the far corner.
GOAL! Wolves 0-1 Arsenal (Riccardo Calafiori, 76 mins)
Arsenal have the lead!
Wolves 0-0 Arsenal | 70 mins
Vitor Pereira is FUMING here. Joao Gomes, already on a booking, dives in and earns himself a yellow card. No controversy about this one.
Wolves were taking control of things a bit here but their numerical advantage has now been wiped out.
RED CARD! Joao Gomes
Now Wolves are reduced to 10!
Wolves 0-0 Arsenal | 66 mins
Another chance for Cunha! The resulting corner breaks to the Brazilian but he drags this one wide.
Wolves 0-0 Arsenal | 65 mins
Superb save from Raya! Cunha drills one for the far corner and Raya gets down to push it away. It had a deflection on it too so top marks for the Gunners shot stopper.
Wolves 0-0 Arsenal | 64 mins
Another header opportunity for Havertz… but is another one he can’t keep on target.
Wolves 0-0 Arsenal | 62 mins
Arsenal don’t have much in the way of reinforcements off the bench… there are two goalkeepers and four left-backs among them. Raheem Sterling is the only senior attacking option.
Wolves 0-0 Arsenal | 59 mins
All Arsenal at the moment but Wolves give them another scare – Cunha finds Hwang whose shot draws a decent stop out of Raya.
Wolves 0-0 Arsenal | 57 mins
Arsenal mean business in this second-half and with Liverpool cruising at home to Ipswich, three points are a must.
Wolves 0-0 Arsenal | 54 mins
Rice drives forward and unleashes a fine effort on goal but Sa is equal to it!
Second-half underway
Right. Have we all calmed down? We are back underway.
Myles Lewis-Skelly red card explained
The Premier League Match Centre have just confirmed Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off for serious foul play.
Hmm…
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