Alan Shearer launches scathing attack on Man City with damning three-word verdict after Feyenoord

Alan Shearer lamented Manchester City's approach to the final 15 minutes against Feyenoord on Tuesday night as Pep Guardiola saw his side throw away a 3-0 lead in the Champions League. The result leaves City's hopes of automatically qualifying for the last-16 in the balance.

Goals either side of half time from Erling Haaland (two) and Ilkay Gundogan had set City well on their way towards ending a run of five consecutive defeats only for a late and dramatic collapse at the Etihad Stadium. City conceded three times in the space of 14 minutes to draw 3-3, stopping the streak of losses but extending a winless run to six.

Anis Hadj-Moussa had set up a potentially nervy finish, capitalising on a wayward passback to Ederson from Josko Gvardiol, before the City goalkeeper was once more caught out allowing a cross to get squeeze past him at the near post and into the net via Santiago Gimenez.

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City then failed to hold out at home, losing possession from a free kick and seeing David Hancko nod in above Rico Lewis after Ederson had once again left his goal open. Speaking on commentary, Shearer could not believe what he was watching.

"We're in for an interesting 10 minutes," he said with the scoreline at 3-2, slamming City's management of proceedings. "Through stupid errors, lapses in concentration and inviting the opposition back into the game. [They were] In such a comfortable position, it's all their own fault. [They were] Cruising."

He added: "I said earlier the game had been won, I did them a disservice, Feyenoord, they've stuck together and they've kept on ploughing away in the hope they'd be given an oipportunity and that's exactly what's happened.

"Man City have given them just that and they've taken it up to now. They've got 10 mins to get something out of this game that looked impossible 10 mins ago."

Shearer was then left further aghast at City as a blip threatens to turn into a season-defining run of poor form, labelling Guardiola's side as 'weak, light and frail' in a damning three-word verdict of their recent performances. "Conceding the way they did at the weekend [a 4-0 loss to Tottenham], three again this evening; They look weak, they look light, they look frail," Shearer said.

"They've given the opposition too many chances. They were cruising midway through this game, whatever you do, what you cannot do is give the opposition chances, give them a little bit of hope and that's exactly what they did. Even when they were winning 3-2 with three minutes to go they tried to take a quick free-kick. Why? Kill the game. You're winning the game there's no need to do that. Sit on the ball.

"The game management was awful and they've been punished. It's been an absolute disaster for them this season after being in such a comfortable position."

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