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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Darragh Culhane

Man City called 'the Mayo of football' after Real Madrid Champions League collapse

Irish fans have dubbed Manchester City 'the Mayo of football' after their stunning collapse on Wednesday night;.

Pep Guardiola's side led 1-0 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate as normal time came to an end.

But two last gasp goals from Rodrygo brought the game to extra time before a Karim Benzema penalty saw Manchester City crashing out.

The loss adds to a long list of recent Champions League exits for Man City and many quipped that they are similar to Mayo in the All-Ireland Championship.

Mayo have lost back to back All-Ireland finals and six finals since 2012 and a number of people compared City's most recent loss to Mayo's quest for the All-Ireland title.

One person said: "Man City really are the Mayo of football"

While another added: "Man City the Soccer equivalent of Mayo"

And another added: "Man City are the Mayo of European football."

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