Manchester City throw away 2-0 lead as Nørgaard strikes late for Brentford

Yesterday at 04:54 PM

When Brentford missed their first couple of chances, Thomas Frank applauded his approval and encourage­ment. But they kept mis­sing them: by the end of the first half his head was in his hands; by the time Yoane Wissa somehow shot into Nathan Aké with the goal at his mercy and 20 minutes remaining he was prostrate, forehead pressed into the turf in supplication. Maybe ­someone was listening.

Phil Foden had opened the ­scoring moments earlier, and shortly afterwards he tapped in the rebound after Savinho's shot was saved to ­apparently make the game safe. Instead the pendulum swung: Mads Roerslev's volleyed centre found Wissa all alone on the edge of the six-yard box to pull a goal back, and in stoppage time Christian Nørgaard headed in from Keane Lewis-Potter's cross. In the end it took Aké's goalline clearance from Bryan Mbeumo's shot to ensure City ended this wildly entertaining encounter with a point.