November 26, 2024, 7:05 PM
November 26, 2024, 7:05 PM
Not even with a 3-0 they can be calm in Manchester. This phrase, which until a few weeks ago would have always been attributed to Manchester United, has now crossed the sidewalk in the English city and points directly to a Manchester City that peacefully dominated Feyenoord 3-0 and gave away the tie in the fifteen minutes finals.
Incredible as it may seem, City not only did not win the easiest match to get out of its crisis of five consecutive defeats, but they also delivered one of the most incredible comebacks that the Etihad Stadium has ever seen and a Feyenoord that with 3-0 in against everything he saw lost.
Erling Haaland’s double, first from a penalty and later hunting down a Matheus Nunes cross, and Ilkay Gündogan’s goal, with the help of a defender who deflected the ball, was more than enough argument to think that City, with this As a result, he had the game won in the 75th minute.
But Josko Gvardiol, who usually covers up his defensive errors and his tepidness at the back with great goals, was once again naive like the weekend against Tottenham Hotspur. On a youth loan, he gave the 3-1 lead to Anis Hadj Moussa, who beat Ederson and started a stir at the Etihad.
Guardiola cowered on the bench and put his hands on his head. Exaggerated, many would think, seeing that the lead was still two goals and that the other team was not Real Madrid in 2021-2022, it was Feyenoord, but perhaps the Spanish coach had had a vision that that mistake was just the beginning of a monumental disaster.
Seven minutes later, in the 82nd minute, a cross to the far post caught Gvardiola off guard, because City had fallen asleep again. The Croatian had to cover two players, he did not reach the center and Jordan Lotomba touched the ball with the greatest possible precision. The leather entered between the post and Ederson and was left to Santiago Giménez so that the Mexican could return to the playing fields after two months injured with a goal.
With eight more minutes added, Feyenoord was one goal away from extending the crisis. And when things go bad, many times they can only get worse.
In a long pass, Igor Paixao overtook Ederson who came out for grapes and put a cross into the area so that, without opposition, David Hancko finished off the surreal 3-3.
Jack Grealish could have put out the fire with a shot against the crossbar in stoppage time, but no, City has gone six games without scoring and, in addition to having already lost the Premier League, the Champions League is also complicated.