Which 3 City losses have made you most angry with City, and which 3 losses have made you proud of to be a Blue!

[True blue manc]

The 3 losses that have made me angry
1 Spurs 1981 FACup final
2 Any loss to RAGS(except see below)
3 Any loss to Dippers
Might change top one to any loss to Spuds.Champions League final(Chelsea)and FA Cup(Wigan).My mood was surprisingly mooted.Something about the 3 clubs above that annoys me.Luton 83 I was possibly to young to appreciate significance
The 3 losses that have made me proud to be blue
1 United 4-3 Owen winner(I knew we had then rattled that day)
2 Real Madrid last season(Outplayed the biggest club in the World and lost a lottery)
3 Watching us play our first Champions League Away(Bayern)

 

[TFC]

I'm still raging about the CL final against Chelsea. We had no business losing that game :(

 

[bridgeblue]

3rd 5-0 to utd at the swamp, awful performance from us, just horrible.
2nd 1974 league cup final v Wolves, lost 2-1, we had.been huge favorites going into the game, 12 year old me thought we couldn't lose.
1st Luton at home 0-1. I will never ever feel as bad as I did after that game, losing a cup final is tough, but this beats that x 100

Proud in defeat

3 City v Newcastle away FA Cup game under Keegan, went down to 10 men before half time and fully deserved to win
2. 1981 League cup semi final at Anfield, drew 1-1 but lost over the 2 legs. Played brilliant over the 2 games and deserved to go through.
1. City v Utd in FA Cup 3rd 0-3 and down to 10 men, absolutely played them off the park but lost 3-2

 

[tizzerp]

Spurs in the cup when Terry Phelan scored his wonder consolation goal and sparked a pitch invasion is worthy of a mention. I was convinced we were going to Wembley that year. I might not have been so bothered if I'd known how many times we would visit since

 

[citeh94]

Proud in defeat:
Madrid (H) 23/24 1-1 lost on pens
Spurs (H) 18/19 4-3 lost on away goals
Liverpool FA Cup 3-2 came from 3-0 down 21/22

Rags 2-1 at the weekend
Rags 2-1 19/20
Rags 2-0 19/20
Rags 2-1 FA Cup Final 23/24
Rags 17/18 3-2

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I'm still raging about the CL final against Chelsea. We had no business losing that game :(

The signs were there in the weeks before. We all of a sudden got very sloppy and couldn’t pick it up again. Very poor performance in that game.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

3. Chelsea at home in December 2016, a 1-3 defeat. When Aguero went through early doors, David Luiz wiped him out. Martin bitch Tyler and Ratboy Neville knew full well it was a red card. Anthony Alty Taylor put his whistle to his lips, one hand towards his pocket and the other to the ear piece that wasn't a thing back then, and then waved play on. Try to find this incident on the internet. It doesn't exist anymore. Read the match report by Phil McNulty on BBC Sport. It isn't mentioned. It was the most mind boggling decision I've ever seen involving City and convinced me that all was not right with the game. I'm glad that Sergio knobbled Luiz later in the game. That little twat Cesc Fabregas allowed Fernandinho to push him over the advertising hoarding to get another red card for us. He even looks behind him to make sure he knows where he is. Horrible match.

Yep. I was in the South Stand, and as I remember it Sergio was bombing pretty wide down the left wing coming towards us. It was crystal clear that he was through, and I'm pretty sure Luiz was the last man before the keeper. The ball was long, long gone. Luiz went for the man, wasn't even thinking about the ball. It is the second most outrageous non-red I've seen.
Top prize? Well, it involves one of our own, our very own Nigel de Jong. World Cup Final, Spain vs Netherlands, 2010. Now I loved Nige, and we could well do with some of his “enforcer” stuff in midfield at present, but that was not a foul. He planted the sole of his boot, really hard, going into him, high into Iniesta's chest. It was not a foul, it was common assault, and if he'd done that in the street and a policeman had been watching, he could have done for assault. Howard Webb was reffing, and there's no question, Webb is one of the very best refs there's been in my lifetime. I couldn't believe my eyes when he let it go. To this day, I am firmly convinced that Webb didn't want to go down in history as the first ref to have red carded a player in a WC final. It was pretty early in the match, too. Nigel was a lucky boy, a very, very lucky boy.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

I was proud after the 1-0 loss in the UCL Semi Final to Madrid in May 2016.

Before this season we'd been getting knocked out in the group stages or the occasional Last 16, but this was the first time we went on decent run.

Beating a very good PSG side in the QF and then having a very good go against the mighty Real Madrid in the semi final only losing 1-0 over the 2 legs.

I was very proud of how far we'd come after that game

Sorry but if it is the game i'm thinking off i would put it down as a huge disappointment.
We never looked like scoring all game

That was a strange game, we played like we didn’t really wanna win, it was as if Pellegrini had been told not to win because that was why Pep was coming.

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

Strangely, being at Stoke singing 'Are you watching Macclesfield' as it became clear we were going down was one of my prouder moments as a City fan. That black gallows humour was something to behold that day.

Also we wiped the floor with Stoke that day, so shouldn't be in a list of defeats.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

I'm still raging about the CL final against Chelsea. We had no business losing that game :(

The signs were there in the weeks before. We all of a sudden got very sloppy and couldn’t pick it up again. Very poor performance in that game.

Completely on Pep, not once did he play our strongest team against Chelsea in FA Cup, PL home game then again in the CLFinal, starting that final without a DM was the biggest f*** up since Icarus, as soon as the team sheet game out the after party was off.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

That was a strange game, we played like we didn’t really wanna win, it was as if Pellegrini had been told not to win because that was why Pep was coming.

I think I must've gone in with a negative enough attitude that I saw us only losing 1-0 as a pretty good result considering madrids attack at the time.

I seem to remember feeling a sense of pride afterwards, however you both seem to agree we were disappointing so I'm happy to concede on this one.

Maybe it's all the beer that's gone through my system since then!

 

[HypnoticBlue]

Chumps League Final against Chelsea. Poor team selection by Pep and we got mugged. Big opportunity missed.

Kev got assaulted by that utter piece of s*** Rudiger, another blinding job by the ref.
God we’ve had some bullsh!t decisions against us over the years.

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Also we wiped the floor with Stoke that day, so shouldn't be in a list of defeats.

Ha, a very good point. Felt like a defeat though!

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Kev got assaulted by that utter piece of s*** Rudiger, another blinding job by the ref.
God we’ve had some bullsh!t decisions against us over the years.

As he did against Atlético in Madrid. First five minutes. Remember that one? Clear fucking red. That was the one where Jack said “You're a bit of a ****, aren't you?” at the end to Savic. That was when I decided he was sound. Hope he rediscovers his form.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Ha, a very good point. Felt like a defeat though!

As did Feyenoord. Of all our recent débâcles, it is perhaps Feyenoord I'm most angry about.

United was like a punch in the gut, but at least they'll end up thirteenth, because they're still basically shit, and we'll end up (I think) top four by the skin of our teeth. Manchester's still absolutely blue. That said, if I'd actually been at the match, I might well be feeling differently.

 

[East Level 2]

After watching for 55 years it's difficult to find the 3 worst, but Wigan at Wembley has to be up there, along with any defeat by the rags, and cup defeats at Bury, Halifax and Lincoln. And Wolves at Wembley on my first visit. And Barnet even though we won the second leg. I can't include the 2021 CL final in Porto as I was just glad to be able to attend games again after lock down.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

And Wolves at Wembley on my first visit.

League Cup final? Funny thing about that one. I've still got the ticket for it in my papers. I can remember nothing whatsoever about being there. And I have a good memory. I was astonished when I found the ticket sifting through stuff and throwing away a few years back. I think it's just been a case of self-protective amnesia.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

Was proud of the team when we lost 4-5 to Chelsea in the Full Members Cup final. We had come back from two down the previous day at the fleapit. And we looked fitter than them at the end of the final. Another two or three minutes and we’d have got another. They were out in their feet. I was 14 years old and had seen my team score four at Wembley.

It was also notable on a personal level as the only match I have ever been to with me Mum. I tried not to swear but City would make Mother Teresa curse.

I took my mum that day as well, I was a slip of a lad at 21

 

[HypnoticBlue]

League Cup final? Funny thing about that one. I've still got the ticket for it in my papers. I can remember nothing whatsoever about being there. And I have a good memory. I was astonished when I found the ticket sifting through stuff and throwing away a few years back. I think it's just been a case of self-protective amnesia.

That was my first Wembley trip, I was 9.
Got a Yelloways coach from the Wrecker on Viccy Avenue, remember seeing the Wolves fans on the way down and one of the lads at the back saying they must all be inbred because they’ve only got 2 fingers, everybody laughed and I was puzzled, asking my mum & dad what did he mean.
Happy days