Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said his side are ‘fragile’ after letting a three-goal lead slip in Tuesday’s 3-3 Champions League draw against Feyenoord.

Guardiola’s side led 3-0 after 53 minutes before Feyenoord scored three times in the final quarter to earn a draw and extend City’s winless run to six games in all competitions.

According to Opta, this makes City the first team in Champions League history to lead a match by three goals in the 75th minute and fail to win.

“The match was fine, 3-0 and we played well. But then we concede the three goals because we are not stable,” Guardiola told Amazon Prime. “We give them the first (goal) and it’s difficult.

“We have lost a lot of games lately and we are vulnerable and we need a win. The match was good for confidence. We played at a good level.”

Erling Haaland gave City the lead with a penalty in the first half, and this was followed early in the second half by a deflected Ilkay Gundogan finish and Haaland’s second, putting the hosts in control.

Anis Hadj Moussa took advantage of an undersized back pass from Josko Gvardiol to pull one back for the visitors after 75 minutes, and Ederson was beaten at his near post as Santiago Gimenez further reduced the deficit with eight minutes of normal time remaining.

Ederson then rushed from his goal but was knocked into the ball by Igor Paixao as David Hancko scored the equalizer in the 89th minute.

“I don’t know if it is metal (fragility),” Guardiola added. “The first goal can’t happen and the second one can’t happen either, and after that we want to win to do well. We are doing well, but we are not winning games.

“There are a lot of good things, but after 3-3 you don’t want to say much anymore. At that level we can’t give them (goals) away.”

The result leaves City 15th in the Champions League stage with eight points from five games, two points behind the automatic qualification places for the knockout stages.

“At the moment I’m not ready to think about that (I may have to win the last three games to finish in the top eight),” Guardiola added. “We have to recover and prepare for the next match. If we’re not able to win games like we did today, it’s hard to do it.”

City are back in action on Sunday against Premier League leaders Liverpool at Anfield.

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