MARK CLATTENBURG: Officials WRONG to send off David Luiz

MARK CLATTENBURG: Referee Craig Pawson and VAR Jon Moss were WRONG to send off David Luiz for his foul on Willian Jose as it was accidental – Arsenal should feel aggrieved

• David Luiz suffered a ‘triple punishment’ as his foul led to a red card and penalty 
• It was the sixth penalty he’s given away and his third red card for Arsenal
• Nine-man Arsenal were beating Wolves at the time, but they ended up losing 2-1 

David Luiz was incorrectly sent off after giving away a penalty at Wolves — it should have been a yellow card.

The Arsenal defender made accidental contact with Willian Jose as he ran clear on goal and that caused the forward to fall. No one can dispute it was a foul and the award of a penalty was the right decision.

However, a law exists that protects teams from conceding a penalty and losing a player to a red card if a genuine attempt to play the ball has been made.

David Luiz was incorrectly sent off after giving away a penalty at Wolves – it should have been a yellow card 

The Arsenal defender made accidental contact with Willian Jose as he ran clear on goal

Luiz was genuinely trying to get back on terms with Jose and it was an accidental foul.

This type of incident is accepted as a penalty and yellow card. Referee Craig Pawson and VAR Jon Moss got it wrong.

The law was meant to see players sent off after conceding a penalty only if they had deliberately fouled an opponent to deny a clear scoring opportunity. Arsenal and Luiz should feel aggrieved. 

Luiz was genuinely trying to get back on terms with Jose and it was an accidental foul 

They can, however, have no complaints about goalkeeper Bernd Leno being red-carded for deliberate handball.

He denied a clear goalscoring opportunity by using his hand outside the penalty area. 

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