A Red Card Comedy at Wembley…
Hold onto your football boots because we’ve got a Wembley whopper of a tale! In a collision of titanic proportions that could only be rivaled by wrestling elephants, Crystal Palace’s goalie Dean Henderson pulled a rabbit out of his hat — or rather, a ball out of his box. Despite a Manchester City performance that would impress even the ancient gods of football, Palace triumphed with Eberechi Eze blitzing down the field like a caffeinated squirrel to bag the only goal needed.
The head-scratching hilarity unfolded when Henderson, once banished from Manchester United, decided to play volleyball with Erling Haaland breathing down his neck. For a moment, time stopped, fans held their breaths tighter than a pair of vintage 90s skinny shorts. Was he in a yoga pose outside the box? Slow-mo replays seemed to show his foot had indeed escaped the prison of the penalty area. Yet, VAR was taking a nap, much like a sloth after a dinner party, and let it slide.
As retired ref and current sofa-sage Dermot Gallagher puts it, “Absolutely a red, folks!” Channeling his expertise, he claimed this electrifying escapade jumped the line of what’s legal on the pitch. Fellow commentator, Ally McCoist, joined the chorus of ‘Red-Yell’ saying: “Hang on a smidgen, that’s a chance as big as my grandma’s Yorkshire pudding!” Alas, a slice of good fortune for Henderson, saving his blushes and Palace’s bacon in their praiseworthy victory over the City juggernaut.
