“”Although I scored the most beautiful goal in football history but he was the one who made it easy for me and he deserved all the praises not me”: Arsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori has named ONE Arsenal teammate who deserved all the praise against Wolves
The reaction from Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta after their clash at Wolves on Saturday was lively, as expected, as his side rallied to win late.
Arteta celebrated wildly with the away fans at the final whistle as Arsenal put in a commanding display in difficult circumstances, with captain Martin Odegaard missing out through illness.
After going down to 10 players in the first half when Myles Lewis-Skelly was controversially sent off, Arsenal dominated the second half as Joao Gomes was sent off for Wolves.
Moments later Riccardo Calafiori made it 1-0 to Arsenal and that’s how it ended, as the Gunners kept the pressure on Liverpool in the title race.
Mikel Arteta reaction to Arsenal win at Wolves; Calafiori reacts to big win
Arsenal goalscorer Riccardo Calafiori spoke about the win, and his winning goal, after the game.
“It is so important and we want to win the next one,” Calafiori said. “I was joking with my teammates that I can only score goals like this! I must focus on the easier things, but this one is my job.”
Asked about Lewis-Skelly’s red card, Calafiori believed it was the wrong call.
“From the bench it was clearly not a red card,” Calafiori said. “I saw him at half time and he was so disappointed for the team. At the end we won, so nothing happened. He was upset but I think now he’s happy because we won. He’s a good player and a good guy and we will help him a lot.”
“The strategy was not to put ourselves in a defensive mood and to try and score and win the game. And we did.”
“It was so important for us. It was the first time we won [this season] after a red card. It is so important for us and we are going to continue like this.”
Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off for Arsenal just before half time at Wolves, as the teenager was controversially shown a straight red card by referee Michael Oliver.
To stop a counter attack Myles Lewis-Skelly tripped Wolves defender Matt Doherty as he tried to race clear.
Referee Michael Oliver whistled for a foul but much to the amazement of everyone connected with Arsenal, he brandished a straight red card.
Arsenal couldn’t believe it, as Lewis-Skelly caught Doherty on his Achilles but it looked certain he would only get a yellow card.
It was probably in the orange card category, but Mikel Arteta and Arsenal were absolutely furious as they were left to play the entire second half with 10 players.
