NOS Football•today, 07:38
In Rotterdam and the surrounding area, most people get out of bed a little better today after Feyenoord's special comeback against Manchester City on Tuesday evening. The Rotterdam team came back from a 3-0 deficit and eventually drew 3-3 in Manchester.
The draw will certainly feel less pleasant for City coach Pep Guardiola, especially when he receives the English newspapers under his battered nose this morning.
Not a masterclass as City often shows, but a 'Disaster class' according to The Sun. The Daily Mirror headline read 'Blue it', referring to the loss of the 3-0 lead and City's club colours.
The Daily Star also throws in a pun. That newspaper talks about 'Another Feyen Mess' instead of Another fine mess.
View a selection from the English morning newspapers below.
The English tabloids can often be ruthless and after the sixth game in a row that Manchester City failed to win, the knives were sharpened razor sharp.
“Forget Tottenham (4-0 loss, ed.), this was even worse,” said the Daily Mail. “Unforgivable defensive errors coming from five consecutive defeats and no confidence to finish a game once the Dutch scored a goal. The brutal reality is that Pep Guardiola now has a lot of work to do.”
“If this wasn't already a crisis, and let's make no bones about it, calling it anything else would be too kind, then it certainly is now.”
After Guardiola scratched himself and was left with a bloody nose the evening, The Mirror weighed in by stating that City's players liked to self-flagellate.
“Guardiola joked that he might want to hurt himself. On the field, his players shared that tendency to self-harm, with catastrophic consequences.”
The same newspaper then complimented Feyenoord on the fighting spirit shown. “Feyenoord remained threatening, even when the team fell behind and the match seemed over. Brian Priske's team deserves a lot of praise because the players refused to accept that they had been defeated.”
