Have we ever thrown away a 4 goal lead?

[Milesvk]

The Germans were 4-0 up in escape to victory, think it ended up 4-4 with rocky saving a penalty. Buzzer played as well.
Teenwolf, his team was losing 21-31 then he turned into a werewolf and the rest was history.
Im sure the mighty ducks were losing by quite a bit before the genius arrow attack.

 

[its grim up north]

I've previously written about the 4-4 with Everton in 1925. City came back from 3-0 down in 30 minutes and played with ten men for most of the game:

The 1920s: Manchester City 4 Everton 4

100 years ago today (19 September) Manchester City went a goal behind after three minutes to Everton (scored by Goodison legend William Ralph 'Dixie' Dean) and were losing 3-0 within 30 minutes. But this day would see a remarkable City fightback - down to ten men for most of the match too! The...

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And the Palace game:

Manchester City v Crystal Palace: A Record Breaking FAC Tie

With City and Palace now scheduled to meet in the FA Cup final it’s worth remembering that on 20 February 1926 City recorded an amazing victory over Palace in the competition. It was a fifth …

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And Nott Forest... This one's remarkable as City were leading 5-1 at one point and it ended 5-4:

The 1920s: Nottm Forest 4 Manchester City 5

A remarkable game on this day (24 September) in 1927 ended with City beating Forest 5-4 at the City Ground, Nottingham. Manchester's Blues had been winning 5-1 shortly into the second half before Forest started a fightback. 24 September 1927 MCFC 5 Nottingham Forest 4 You can read more on this...

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And the Chelsea 4-4s:

Chelsea 4 Manchester City 4

On this day (3 February) in 1937 the champions to be Manchester City drew 4-4 at Chelsea. Here are the comments from City about this game and how it was received in London too. Enjoy:

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4-4 at Chelsea

It’s worth reminding ourseleves of this game from 12 November 2023 when Manchester City drew 4-4 at Chelsea. It was heralded as a great game by the media but for fans of the teams involved th…

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Against Middlesbrough in 1952-53 City were 3-0 down but came back.

That'll not happen again.

 

[spinney]

I remember drawing 4-4 ( i think ) with chester in a friendly just after we won the league

I think Chester scored 2-3 in the time it took us to get from bottom to top close to full time

 

[SamTheGuru]

Never in doubt, we had their number.

I wish I had your optimism :)

 

[holty41]

I think their was one to Newcastle in the early sixties in the fa cup

 

[SamTheGuru]

Certainly not under Pep, Pellers or Mancini.

in fact, when scoring 4+ under those managers, we've won nearly 180 matches and drawn 1 ; a 4-4 at Chelsea which was never more than a goal apart.

There are a dozen games under those managers in which we scored 4+ and conceded 3 or 4, but all of them have been back and forth (or 6-3, 5-3), none of them appear to be 4+ goal leads that have nearly capitulated.

In our modern era, last night was a freak (it better had be)

We threw away leads time and time again under Mark Hughes that resulted in draws. Without checking back through stats, I think we threw away a 3 goal lead at least twice in his last season.

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

1961 v Luton in the FA Cup.

Wasn’t that the match abandoned with us 6-2 ahead? Replayed the following Wednesday we lost 3-1. I can’t remember us throwing away a four goal lead within 90 minutes but I remember an occasion in the 1950s watching City when it came through that Charlton were 5-1 down at home. Listening to the final scores as we left Maine Road we were amazed to hear they had won 7-6! I think this surpasses even Newcastle’s comeback against Arsenal. I wonder how many fans had gone home at 5-1!!

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

I think their was one to Newcastle in the early sixties in the fa cup

I don’t think we lost to Newcastle in the cup in 60s. I remember we met them in the third round in January 1957 - a clash of the last two winners of the cup - at Maine Road. We lead 3-0 at half time but lost 5-4 at full time! An early example of “typical City”?