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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay

Spirit animal Lewis-Skelly leads Arsenal’s youthful puncturing of Madrid mythology

Myles Lewis-Skelly and Declan Rice
Myles Lewis-Skelly disrupted Real Madrid across both legs of the Champions League quarter-final. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images/Reuters

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.

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