By lunchtime, "The Boy They Threw Away" was trending. Eze's silent celebration was being replayed alongside the backstory, the still image paired with his father's quote, the whole package shared by Arsenal fan accounts who had adopted Eze as one of their own, a Gooner in a Palace shirt, sticking it to Spurs at Wembley.
The North London rivalry had a new hero, and he played for Crystal Palace.
Arsenal Fan TV, the chaotic, beautiful, occasionally unhinged YouTube channel that had become the voice of Arsenal's grassroots support, posted a twelve-minute reaction video titled "CRYSTAL PALACE ARE MASSIVE."
The host, who I had seen in clips but never watched properly, was sitting in what appeared to be a pub in Holloway, surrounded by men in Arsenal shirts, all of them singing "What do we think of Tottenham" in honour of the Palace fans at Wembley.
