Spirit animal Lewis-Skelly leads Arsenal’s youthful puncturing of Madrid mythology
Where is la remontada? Seriously. There really was supposed to be a remontada around here somewhere. Of all the sprinkles of sugar, the crispy, salty, crunchy morsels for Arsenal’s supporters to pick over after Wednesday night’s brilliantly assured victory at the Bernabéu it is probably Myles Lewis-Skelly’s part that will give the most lasting satisfaction.Sadly for the banter-angle it seems the immediate post-match rumour that Lewis-Skelly had approached Jude Bellingham and asked him: ‘Where is la remontada?’, as recycled across social media in a dizzying range of languages, turns out to have been, of all things, made up.Presumably someone somewhere is already overseeing a furious first press of T-shirts and commemorative bucket hats carrying Lewis-Skelly’s new strapline. The memes will endlessly replicate. Already a backlash against the backlash is insisting, without evidence, that Lewis-Skelly did actually say this after all. We’re post-truth here people. Does it actually matter, if...