Sky Sports clear up Howard Webb controversy after William Saliba sees red for Arsenal

Howard Webb, caput of the PGMOL, was successful the stands to ticker Arsenal's William Saliba controversially sent disconnected successful the Gunners' Premier League decision astatine Bournemouth

Sky Sports' workplace squad issued an mentation aft 'conspiracy theories' implicit Howard Webb's relation successful William Saliba's reddish paper for Arsenal astatine Bournemouth.

Presenter Dave Jones was joined successful the workplace by Theo Walcott and Jamie Redknapp for the match, which turned connected a flashpoint successful the archetypal half. Arsenal defender Saliba was sent disconnected pursuing a VAR check, with referee Rob Jones initially showing him a yellowish but past upgrading it to red.

It didn't spell unnoticed that PGMOL main Webb was successful attendance for the game. Webb has travel successful for disapproval from immoderate fans pursuing contentious decisions earlier successful the season, including immoderate involving Arsenal.

Jamie Carragher was among those to inquire questions of Webb, though he rapidly deleted a societal media post referencing the erstwhile Premier League referee. With plentifulness of sound astir the incident, Jones shared Sky Sports' knowing of the situation.

"There person been 1 oregon 2 radical you mightiness person seen connected societal media speculating astir what Howard Webb was up to successful the crowd, the caput of the PGMOL," Jones began. "He's got that earpiece successful arsenic well, he's got his telephone out. 

"But what we recognize helium is doing is listening to a lucifer provender of the VAR officials and their connection with the on-field officials, arsenic we bash arsenic broadcasters. But helium has nary input, helium has nary quality to speech to the officials who are really making the decisions.

"He's not trying to [influence things], he's watching the game," Redknapp replied. "For anyone to deliberation [he'd] person the audacity oregon the ego to deliberation 'i'm going to power this crippled - we're talking astir Premier League shot now, I deliberation it's nonsense for anyone to adjacent question that.

"He's astatine the game, he's listening to the audio. He can't crook circular to the referee. We've got VAR determination and everybody looking astatine it, wherefore would helium adjacent imagination to get involved?"

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Bournemouth were capable to capitalise against their 10-man opponents, with Ryan Christie opening the scoring and Justin Kluivert making triumph harmless from the punishment spot. The decision was Arsenal's archetypal connected the roadworthy successful the Premier League since December 2023.

After the game, Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice lamented the team's naivety. It was the 3rd clip this play they person seen a played sent off, with Rice 1 of the different players dismissed.

"We can't marque silly mistakes," Rice told Sky Sports. "You request each your champion players connected the transportation astatine each times. The content is truthful precocious and we volition instrumentality together. This is football, immoderate happens the astir important happening is that you instrumentality unneurotic and enactment successful the close direction."

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