Former Chelsea defender Jason Cundy insists the ‘wheels have come off’ at Manchester Metropolis after their three-goal implosion on Tuesday evening.
Pep Guardiola’s aspect seemed to be in cruise management when Erling Haaland scored within the 53rd minute to place Metropolis up 3-0 at dwelling towards Feyenoord within the Champions League.
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However within the area of 14 staggering minutes, Feyenoord had equalised due to David Hancko within the 89th minute, sending the Etihad right into a shocked silence other than the pocket of travelling followers.
Though the 3-3 outcome snapped a five-game shedding streak for Metropolis throughout all competitions, blowing a three-goal lead may have felt like a defeat for Guardiola and his troops.
Reacting on talkSPORT’s Sports activities Bar instantly after the competition, Cundy and ex-Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara could not imagine the capitulation that had simply transpired.
“It is a stinker, that,” O’Hara mentioned.
“3-0 up? What are they doing?”
Cundy added: “Tonight, wheels have come off.
“Look, Spurs had been good on the weekend. Metropolis had been horrible, they received turned over within the Premier League.
“3-0 up towards Feyenoord with quarter-hour to go? And also you draw 3-3? Wheels have come off. That is it.”
Some followers will level out Metropolis look a very – and never for the higher – group with out Ballon d’Or winner Rodri of their midfield.
Nonetheless, given Rodri tore his ACL towards Arsenal in September, O’Hara wasn’t having that excuse any extra.
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“It will possibly’t simply be about Rodri,” O’Hara mentioned.
“We have previous that now. There’s one thing occurring at Manchester Metropolis that no-one appears to have the reply for.”
Cundy then delivered a brutal dissection of simply what had gone fallacious for Metropolis, with loads of warning indicators presenting themselves throughout a 4-0 loss to Tottenham final Sunday.
“They’re so open,” Cundy mentioned.
“Their press, there isn’t any joined-up considering. Pep has signed a brand new deal, which is nice for Metropolis.
“However proper now, that is in all probability going to be his largest job ever in administration to show this round. They’re a multitude.
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“I am watching Man Metropolis towards your lot (Tottenham) on the weekend. I am watching Spurs bop the ball round deep in their very own half. Not solely that, Spurs get out, there’s an overload, three versus one, on the right-hand aspect. How is that taking place? That by no means occurs.
“Spurs had been magnificent. Metropolis, horrible. Watching tonight, they do not look comfy at 3-0 up. How can that occur?
“The wheels have come off tonight, formally. Spurs on the weekend, they had been wobbling. Tonight, the wheels have come off.”
O’Hara famous that with Metropolis’s dreadful run of kind, ‘Liverpool should be licking their lips.’
Because it stands, Premier League leaders Liverpool maintain an eight-point benefit over second-placed Metropolis.
That hole might simply develop into 11 when Arne Slot’s aspect welcome a battered and bruised Metropolis to Anfield on Sunday.
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If Liverpool can snag three factors from that contest, it could lead on some to boldly declare Metropolis have an excessive amount of floor to catch up within the race for the Premier League title.
Ought to Metropolis lose to Liverpool on Sunday, they could finish the weekend as little as fifth given Chelsea, Arsenal and Brighton are all on 22 factors.
Protected to say, there can be a whole lot of soul-searching amongst Guardiola and Metropolis’s stars earlier than that match as they appear to snap a six-game winless streak.