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MARK CLATTENBURG: The officials were WRONG to send off David Luiz for his foul on Willian Jose as it was accidental, but Bernd Leno deserved to see red for his infringement

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 will dispute it is 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 is made.

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

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.