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Lewis-Skelly caught Doherty’s shin and then foot, and Oliver quickly showed a red card, with VAR deciding against sending the referee to the pitchside monitor.<\/p>\n
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”.<\/p>\n
Alan Shearer, the competition’s record goalscorer, said the sending off was “one of the worst decisions I’ve seen in a long time”.<\/p>\n
“As a referee you can get it wrong on the pitch, you might see something which is incorrect,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live.<\/p>\n
Shearer added on BBC Match of the Day: “It should have been a yellow card, it is a terrible decision. There was no speed, no intensity, it was not endangering an opponent and was 90 yards from goal, so never, ever a red card.<\/p>\n
“What worries me is there is an assistant VAR and a VAR who have seen several replays and they think it is serious foul play.”<\/p>\n
Arsenal substitute Calafiori told Sky Sports that “from the bench, it was clearly not a red card”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n