MYLES LEWIS-SKELLY trolled Antonio Rudiger with a cheeky post after the Real Madrid star’s horror stamp.
Lewis-Skelly put in a top performance as his side sealed a dramatic 2-1 win at the Bernabeu.
And the Arsenal left-back showed he was in a cheeky mood afterwards with a brilliant Instagram post.
Captioning his snaps “Up!”, Lewis-Skelly posted several photos showing himself dominating Real’s players.
One had Lewis-Skelly putting in on a tackle on Vinicius Jr, while another showed him skipping away from Jude Bellingham and Federico Valverde.
But the next shot showed the moment Rudiger escaped a red card after appearing to stamp on Lewis-Skelly.
Arsenal’s academy product was left on the floor after a skirmish.
And Rudiger ran across Lewis-Skelly’s body before leaving a trailing leg in his midriff.
It caused the youngster to cry out in pain, but no action was taken against Rudiger for his behaviour.
Lewis-Skelly had the final laugh though as his last picture showed him sat on the tunnel steps after full-time.
The ace had a big smile on his face as he sat on his phone with earphones in, possibly talking to a family member or friend on video chat.
Fans were quick to react to the pictures.
Mark Halsey on Arsenal penalty decisions
ARSENAL won a controversial penalty against Real Madrid in the first half, which was subsequently missed by Bukayo Saka.
Real were also given a penalty, before a lengthy five-minute VAR intervention ruled it out.
But were they the correct calls?
SunSport’s ref expert Mark Halsey said: “It was two excellent pieces of VAR intervention.
“Arsenal’s penalty was the correct call. It was a holding offence by Raul Asencio on Mikel Merino at a corner.
“VAR Jerome Brisard bailed out referee Francois Letexier. The impact of where the ball was does not matter. A foul’s a foul so VAR got it right to get involved.
“Brisard was also spot on when he called Letexier to the monitor after Kylian Mbappe went down under a challenge by Declan Rice.
“It was a clear and obvious error by the French ref as Rice did not commit a foul. It was not a holding offence in this case.”
One said: “You are built different.”
Another declared: “Posting the Rudiger thing is hilarious.”
One noted: “Rudiger should have seen red.”
Another added: “How can you not love the kid.”
Arsenal went into the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie 3-0 up from last week’s first clash.
And after missing a penalty in the first half, Bukayo Saka ended up firing them ahead in the 65th minute.
A defensive blunder from William Saliba saw Vinicius Jr equaliser moments later.
But Gabriel Martinelli ensured victory on the night with a strike in the third minute of stoppage time.
Arsenal will now take on Paris Saint-Germain in the semis.
And it means Lewis-Skelly will now come up against stars like Ousmane Dembele and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
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