Though Riccardo Calafiori scored the winner, all the talk has been about Lewis-Skelly's dismissal with Mikel Arteta offering a clear verdict after the game. Asked about the decision, he said: "I think it's that obvious that we don't need any comments today. Hopefully the right thing will happen after today.
"Hopefully we don't need to [appeal]. If we have to, it's a really good precedent with what happened with Bruno [Fernandes vs Tottenham] this season. Ok we were in a position we shouldn't have been in, at least let's be in a position that we should be in for the next few weeks and allow our player to continue to do his job."
The discourse surrounding whether or not it should have been a red card continued into the new week, where ex-Manchester City defender Micah Richards described it as one of the worst decisions he has ever seen on the Rest is Football podcast.
Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher also weighed in on the controversial decision, which saw him disagree with Oliver and VAR, with his thoughts provided on Sky Sports' Ref Watch.
"I think it is breaking up a promising attack. That's my opinion and other referees see it differently," he said. "Lewis-Skelly realises Doherty is away and his priority is to stop him quickly, and he flicks out. "It's a very cynical foul but not a red card.
"Referee Michael Oliver feels, and still feels, that he goes down his Achilles. If that's what he thinks, referees are told now that a tackle with studs down the Achilles has to be a red card. I don't think he does. It happens very quickly.
"But for me, I think it is a yellow card for stopping a promising attack. Is the challenge with brutality? Is it with malice? Is it gaining intensity and speed? I think not." Despite all the talk around him, Lewis-Skelly has remained focused on his own game with it likely he features for Arsenal in their final Champions League game against Girona.
With the outcome of an appeal against his three-match ban unlikely to be known before the trip to Spain, another start for the teenager is possible. As that may be the case, Lewis-Skelly was all smiles in Arsenal's final session at London Colney with the left-back also captured laughing with Ethan Nwaneri.
Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri in an Arsenal training session on Tuesday
Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri in an Arsenal training session on Tuesday
Despite being shown the first red card of his professional career at Molinuex, Lewis-Skelly appears to not be allowing it to get him down and he is also likely hopeful of still featuring against Manchester City at Emirates Stadium this weekend.
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