During Arsenal's 7-1 victory over PSV in the Champions League, former referee Keith Hackett noted that Myles Lewis-Skelly should have received a red card. After being booked for a foul early in the match, Lewis-Skelly committed another foul that merited a second yellow card but was not penalized. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta made the strategic decision to substitute Lewis-Skelly in the first half, maintaining a full squad for the rest of the match, which Hackett praised as a wise move.
"We witnessed a little bit of inconsistent officiating. I thought the first yellow for Lewis-Skelly was a little weak but then having got that yellow he commits a very clear yellow card offence by bringing his opponent down and stopping a promising attack; for which he should have then walked."
"The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. He didn't. But his manager was alert and had seen what had happened and rightly subbed him. That maintained the 11 players on the field of play for the remainder of the game."
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