Buts: Haaland (44e SP, 53e), Gündoğan (50th) for the Citizens // Hadj Moussa (75th), Giménez (82e) and Hancko (89e) for Feyenoord
This time, for sure, Manchester City is very suffering.
Everyone was wondering if Pep Guardiola's stalled machine was going to fall for the sixth time in a row this Tuesday evening, and if it avoided a new setback, it undoubtedly experienced an even worse disillusionment: being brought up three goals in the space of fifteen minutes to concede an improbable draw against Feyenoord (3-3). In front of their audience, three days after the humiliation suffered against Tottenham, the Citizens nevertheless believed that they had done the hardest part in a game where they often found Timon Wellenreuther, on their way, until Erling Haaland took advantage of a fault from Quinten Timber on his large frame – a clearance missed who touched his foot — to reassure (a little) his friends by calmly transforming his penalty (1-0, 44e). The locals even thought that they had managed to close the deal by placing two additional pawns quite quickly after the intermission: one for İlkay Gündoğan following a poorly saved corner and a shot deflected by David Hanko (2-0, 50e) ; another for the great Norwegian for the double of a winning tackle when receiving a cross from Matheus Nunes (3-0, 53e).
Quiet, right? Not at all, since Manchester City recalled that it was a crisis and that it was not very brilliant defensively. Joško Gvardiol in the lead, the Croatian breaking down to let Anis Hadj Moussa dribble past Ederson and reignite the flame from a tight angle (3-1, 75e)before the incoming Santiago Giménez opened the door to the young demons citizens by jumping on a delivery from Jordan Lotomba to score from the chest (3-2, 82e). What had to happen happened, that is to say a defense too advanced allowing Paixão to play Ederson and serve Hancko for a helmet hit and an unexpected equalizer (3-3, 89e). Jack Grealish hit the edge in injury time, but failed to prevent a sixth game in a row without a win for the former English terror, who remains stuck in mid-table (15e).
So is this the end of the Guardiola era?
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