With the gloom of five consecutive defeats still hanging over them, Manchester City played Feijano at home in the Europa League in the early hours of Wednesday morning (27th), and despite being 3-0 up for most of the game, they suffered a dramatic turnaround in the last 15 minutes, as the defense made one mistake after another, and Feijano scored three goals in a row in one of the most thrilling collapses in the history of the Europa League. City have now suffered six consecutive defeats and are about to face Liverpool in the Premier League.
Manchester City were determined to get revenge on their doorstep after suffering a 1-4 defeat in their final game of the Europa League. Before the end of the first half, Ainin Chalant broke the deadlock with a penalty kick to grab the lead for City. A second half substitution continued the dominance and it only took 50 minutes for Ainincharant to extend the lead to 3-0 from Mafiosi Nunes' cross, which looked like a sure win.
However, just when I thought the game was in the balance, City started to change their starters. In the last 15 minutes, the tide turned and a suicide pass from Gavadore in the 75th minute gave the visitors their first goal, and the game went into overdrive in the 85th minute when Feijano striker Sindia Giovanni added a second. The City defense was completely torn apart in the 89th minute when David Hansgow connected with a cross to make it 3-3.
Opta data shows that this is the first time in the history of the Europa League, a team within 75 minutes of the lead of three goals but ultimately lost; and Gaudio in his 942 games career, also for the first time suffered a three-goal lead but could not win the situation. Defensive instability is the main culprit for City's predicament, conceding at least two goals in six consecutive matches for the first time in the 61 years of the "Blue Moon".
After the game, Godio said, "The 3-0 performance on the field was quite good, but we still gave our opponents chances. Most of the time we played well, but when the problem arose, I'm not sure it was Mimi's mental problem. The reality is that the team played well but just couldn't win the game. I'm not going to think about qualification and just play for my family in the next game."
