Manchester City throw away 2-0 lead as N?rgaard strikes late for Brentford

When Brentford missed their first couple of chances, Thomas Frank applauded his approval and encourage*ment. But they kept mis*sing them: by the end of the first half his head was in his hands; by the time Yoane Wissa somehow shot into Nathan Ak? 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 N?rgaard headed in from Keane Lewis-Potter?s cross. In the end it took Ak??s goalline clearance from Bryan Mbeumo?s shot to ensure City ended this wildly entertaining encounter with a point.
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