Man City threw away a two-goal lead against Brentford causing woes for Pep Guardiola. Despite the dominant performance in the first half, City failed to show defensive solidarity in the second, destroying the hope of going up in the table.
Manchester City Lost 2 Goal Lead Resulting in A Draw with Brentford
Day by day it's becoming tough for Manchester City to protect the hope of tacking back in the PL race. City showed their intent to climb up the table by constant attack from both flanks. Phil Foden broke the deadlock by volleying Kevin de Bryune’s cross in the 66th minute. Just after 12 minutes, the Englishman doubled the lead with a close-range shot.
However, the host refused to lose and showed immense competition during the second half. Damsgaard almost scored the first goal for Brentford that was denied due to offside. Nathan Ake denied Yaone Wissa’s shot from the line but the Brentford forward pulled back with a grandstand finish in the 82nd minute of the game. The comeback completed by this goal causing issues for Man City to regain their form.
Brentford Made a Solid Comeback Destroying City's Hope of Table-Turning
The attack from the home side continued till injury time resulted in a header of Norgaard in a Keane Lewis’ cross to snatch the equalizer at the dying moment. The goal spoiled the hope for Manchester City to continue the winning form that they had just gained from last month after facing a winless streak from October.
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Pep Admitted inability of Manchester City players to finish the chances
In the press conference, Pep said. “Today we produced a lot of actions, but we didn’t finish. Savinho, Phil, Matheus, Erling have incredible pace, but we didn’t finish”. He added, “Of course we are sad because we were close to winning but we did not win”.
Brentford boss Thomas Frank considers his a good result and the intent of coming back from 2-0 down would give confidence to his boys for better performance in the future. But the question remains, does Man City track back to the race? more patience is needed to get the answer.
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