Riccardo Calafiori's second-half winner made sure Arsenal kept pace with Liverpool in the title race, as the Gunners recovered from Myles Lewis-Skelly's controversial red card to beat Wolves 1-0 at Molineux.

The Italian defender tucked home from inside the box with just over 15 minutes to go in a boost for the Gunners - after Lewis-Skelly's contentious sending off threatened to damage their title challenge even further.

With Wolves on the break after defending an Arsenal corner, Lewis-Skelly felled Matt Doherty and referee Michael Oliver felt he had caught the Wolves defender high on his leg in serious foul play.

"From the bench, it was clearly not a red card," match-winner Calafiori revealed. "I saw him at half-time he was so disappointed for the team. But at the end, we won. So nothing happened.

"He was upset, but now he's happy because we won for sure. He's a good footballer, a good guy, so we help him a lot."

"It is that clear that I will leave it to you guys," added Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta. "I am absolutely fuming. But I will leave it with you, it is that obvious that I don't think my words are going to help."

Asked if Arsenal will appeal the sending off, Arteta replied: "That's for the club to decide what is the best decision. It's that obvious that maybe we don't even need to [put in an appeal]."

"I cannot believe Michael Oliver has sent Lewis-Skelly off there," said Soccer Saturday's Tim Sherwood, as VAR agreed with the call. "You can see why he's been sent off," added Mike Dean.