Gary Neville’s Handball Hilarity!…
In a twist that’ll make your head spin faster than a ball in a tumble dryer, football guru Gary Neville did a cheeky U-turn on the penalty shout in the Manchester derby! The scene was wackier than a dog chasing its tail — Ruben Dias, the slippery Portuguese wizard of the backline, slipped and slid like he was auditioning for a new sport called ‘Football on Ice.’ What ensued was a comic opera of arms, legs, and one very puzzled referee deciding whether Dias should be crowned guilty or knighted a saint.
Initially, the verdict from terrace-side prosecutor Neville was as emphatic as a striker’s goal dance — “Handball!” he declared, eyes bulging like an owl on coffee. But lo and behold, technology intervened with replay sorcery, revealing that the ball simply gave Dias a friendly peck on the chest and chin! Even ex-referee Mike Dean nodded sagely, as if he’d just discovered the meaning of life and it somehow involved chest bumps and face taps.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield grounds of the Manchester derby, a snooze fest unfolded with less action than a tortoise race. Garnacho tried to jazz things up with a sprightly race that ended in a dramatic tumble fit for a Hollywood movie, only to be denied by refereeing mathematics, as the cheeky foul danced just outside the penalty area boundary. The rest game carried on in a way that had the crowd wondering if the players had mistakenly thought they were at a yoga retreat rather than a full-throttle Premier League clash!
