At an Arsenal corner, Wolves cleared their lines and looking to start a counter-attack, Doherty took the ball from the edge of the penalty area and drove forward.
Lewis-Skelly caught Doherty’s shin and then foot, bringing the defender down, a challenge which the Premier League Match Centre described on X as “serious foul play”.
Oliver quickly showed a red card, and VAR checked the call, deciding against sending the referee to the pitchside monitor.
On the Premier League’s website it says high, full and forceful contact on the ankle or above is “considered dangerous” and a “red card”.
The division’s record goalscorer, Alan Shearer, said the sending off was “one of the worst decisions I’ve seen in a long time”.
“As a referee you can get it wrong on the pitch, you might see something which is incorrect,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
“How on earth Darren England, the VAR, thinks that the referee has got that right and there is no need to send him to the screen.”
Asked if Arsenal will appeal against the decision, Arteta told Sky Sports: “That’s for the club to decide what the best decision is. I think it’s that obvious, maybe we don’t even need to.”
Unless overturned, the Arsenal academy graduate will face a three-match ban, missing his side’s matches with Manchester City and Leicester City in the Premier League, and Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup semi-final.
Arsenal substitute Calafiori told Sky Sports that Lewis-Skelly was “disappointed for the team” and that “from the bench, it was clearly not a red card”.
At 18 years and 121 days, Lewis-Skelly became the third youngest player to be sent off in the Premier League, behind Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen.
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