Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta has defended his proper to criticise refereeing choices he doesn’t agree with.
Referee Michael Oliver, who final weekend controversially despatched off Myles Lewis-Skelly in Arsenal’s win at Wolves – a choice which has since been overturned by the Soccer Affiliation – has not been chosen to take cost of the Gunners’ Premier League conflict in opposition to Manchester Metropolis on Sunday (2 February).
Oliver has since confronted demise threats and abuse for the reason that match at Molineux.
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville this week accused Arsenal of “inflaming the scenario” in terms of sure refereeing choices, with some followers having claimed corruption in opposition to their facet.
When requested if he’s happy Arsenal are being refereed in the identical method as each different staff, Arteta replied: “For positive, and all of us must respect that.”
