Michael Oliver during the Arsenal game against Chelsea earlier this season (photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
According to reports, Michael Oliver will not be chosen as a referee for the next confrontation of the Premier League between Arsenal and Manchester City.
It looks like Moments.
That follows Oliver sending Arsenal Myles Lewis-Skelle to the left In a controversial incident last weekend, when Mikel Arteta’s side won 1-0 in Wolves.
Gunners went down to ten men for a decent part of the game so things could have gone very different for them after what Almost everyone in football agreed was a very bad call of Oliver.
However, there can be absolutely any excuse for the referees to feel insecure that they take care of the games involved in a particular team, and the Times reported that Oliver has required police protection after the latter incident.
Arsenal fans will surely feel the right choice to move Michael Oliver
Oliver obviously does not deserve a threat to him or his family, but from a purely football perspective it seems the right decision to not be in charge of an arsenal game.
The 39 -year -old, also attracted controversy at other recent meetings between Man City and Arsenal, by sending Leandro Trosard to the Etihad Stadium at the beginning of this season and did not send Mateo Kovacic for a bad challenge at Emirates Stadium. Stadium.
Although there is probably no conspiracy against Arsenal, no matter what some of their fans can say, it is probably fair to question Oliver’s standards as an referee, as he may have shown that he is not at the required level for Games so big.
The Times reports that Oliver will be in charge of Ipswich against Southampton this weekend.
