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Michael Oliver slammed over controversial Martinelli’s red card
<h4><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Martin Keown, an Arsenal veteran, has slammed referee Michael Oliver for sending off Gabriel Martinelli against Wolves for two fouls in the same passage of play.</span></h4>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Oliver&#8217;s choice was regarded by Keown as &#8220;pedantic.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Martinelli pulled Chiquinho over in the space of five seconds, attempting to prevent Wolves from getting a quick throw in.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Brazilian attacker appeared to expect to be cautioned, but was taken aback when Oliver issued him two yellow and then a red card.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&#8220;I felt it was quite rough on the player, they are going to be without him for a really important game,&#8221; Keown remarked after the game on BT Sport.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&#8220;They saw it through and it didn&#8217;t matter in the end, but I thought the referee was being very pedantic.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&#8220;Maybe we’re gonna see this up and down the country. Maybe it’s a new directive. It nearly spoilt it from an Arsenal point of view but in the end it didn’t matter. A good three points for Arsenal.”</span></p>