For around twelve minutes, New York City controlled this game. It looked as though they’d build on their dominant victory over Orlando, and keep pace with Toronto and Chicago in the East. A grueling road trip might be crowned with back-to-back wins -- something extraordinarily difficult to do in this league.
Twice, Atlanta players whiffed on the ball as New York City turned up the pressure. It seemed only a matter of time before a panicking Atlanta unit would surrender a goal to NYCFC.
Then, in a nightmare span of seven minutes, Atlanta tore the Blues to shreds.