The Case of the Missing McAtee…
Crack open the casebooks, footie fans, because Pep Guardiola’s latest squad choice was like a Sunday roast without the gravy. James McAtee, City’s midfield marvel, was nowhere to be seen, a ghost at the FA Cup semi-final ball against Nottingham Forest! This was stranger than seeing a squirrel scoring a hat-trick under the Wembley arch. Even Sherlock would scratch his deerstalker over this puzzle!
McAtee, who dazzled in recent games, found himself as eligible to play as a penguin in a desert. Why, you ask? Suspend disbelief no more — he was struck by the two-yellow-card curse! Accumulated in previous rounds against Leyton Orient and Bournemouth, it was more inevitable than VAR drama on a Saturday afternoon! So he was left to watch from the stands, probably munching popcorn like the rest of us.
Meanwhile, the City lineup looked like a supermarket sweep of football talents. The ever-glowing Jack Grealish reappeared like a prized UFO sighting, joined by the young prodigy Rico Lewis, who apparently turned mystery midfield maestro! And while Kevin De Bruyne’s contract may be up there with Brexit in uncertainty, his pitch presence is still hotter than a jalapeño! Watch out Forest, this squad’s coming for you like a toddler for a biscuit jar!
