Acquiescence trumps apocalypse as Leicester’s demise is confirmed

Bilal El Khannouss looks dejected at the final whistle.Photograph: Kieran McManus/REX/ShutterstockThe sky, bible black, was rent by lightning. Great belches of thunder reverberated around the East Midlands. Rain thudded from the sky as the angels, overcome, could not contain themselves and, in sympathy with despairing fans in the stands, sobbed in torrents. The gods were distraught, the heavens trembled. Demons and witches wrestled in the moonlit sky. In Loughborough and Kettering, doves set the