Stoppage time goals can make all the difference to a season, as our alternative table for games ending at 90 minutes shows
There is no denying that throughout this season Bristol City have been defensively poor in the later stages of games.
Conceding stoppage time goals to the likes of Blackpool, Coventry City and Queens Park Rangers, there has been a lapse in concentration in City’s back line in the dying minutes of some games.
Worse was against Nottingham Forest - a game which saw the Robins throw away a goal lead to lose 2-1.
But what if those goals hadn’t gone in, and what if the referee blew the final whistle on the 90th minute?
Worse was against Nottingham Forest - a game which saw the Robins throw away a goal lead to lose 2-1.
17. 8th - Stoke City, 45 points
Actual position: 13th. Actual points: 43. The Potters had an 88th minute on Saturday but conceded to Forest in the 92nd minute, losing them two points. Photo: Cameron Smith/Getty Images
18. 7th - Middlesbrough, 47 points
Actual position: 6th. Actual points: 49. By blowing the whistle on the ninety, you’d have denied Boro the two extra points they picked up against Reading. Photo: Nigel Roddis/Getty Images
19. 6th - Sheffield United, 50 points
Actual position: 9th. Actual points: 46. The The Blades have surrendered four points from the positions they’ve been in, most recently conceded a stoppage time equaliser to Preston. Photo: Lewis Storey/Getty Images
20. 5th - Huddersfield Town, 54 points
Actual position: 5th. Actual points: 50. Had the Terriers held on against Cardiff City for a draw and Coventry for a win then they’d be four points and a place higher better off. Photo: Photo by Charlotte Tattersall/Getty Images
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