Ten-man Mallorca comes back to beat Girona
Mallorca came from behind to beat Girona 2-1 at home in LaLiga, despite having had Vedat Muriqi sent off after 32 minutes.
Donny van de Beek had initially put Girona ahead, firing home a volley after seven minutes before Cyle Larin got Mallorca back on level terms on 20 minutes after a swift counter-attacking move.
But things took a bad turn for the hosts 12 minutes later, with striker Muriqi, who had assisted Larin's leveller, shown a straight red card for a foul on Bryan Gil in which his studs were planted on the winger's lower right leg.
But even after being reduced to 10 men, Mallorca was able to get ahead with Larin's second goal in the second half.
The Canada international netted his fourth LaLiga goal of the season in the 51st minute to give Mallorca a lead that it would hold for the remainder of the game.
After the victory, Mallorca moved up to fifth on the table on 27 points while Girona remained ninth on 22.
Girona has now gone six matches in all competitions without a victory. It has also gone three league games without a win, giving coach Michel cause for concern.
"The lack of intensity is always what worries me the most," Michel said.
"In attack and defence you have to pin down the opponent and go for it. Passing the ball around without being vertical is not the football I want for my team.
"I don't like what I've seen. I'm worried about that mentality of having the ball without generating and the lack of connection, only trying to create individual situations.
"We weren't able to attack well against 10 players.
"We made a mistake, and they made it 2-1, and we resorted more to hurrying than to football to turn it around.
"We came into the game well but after the sending off we were too rash, we didn't create superiority."
Michel's side has scored just three goals in its past six games in all competitions, and the Girona boss acknowledged the bad situation his side finds itself in.
"I understand that my players want to do well, but we did poorly," Michel continued.
"We didn't look the opponent in the face, we had a few vertical situations. Football is played collectively, and we didn't play well ... The situation is not good."
Girona faces second-bottom Real Valladolid next weekend before returning to league action on 12 January (AEDT) against Alaves, which is also struggling this season.
"We'll see if the Christmas break is good for us," Michel added.
"We do have the squad to fight for Europe, but [lately] I haven't found a way for the team to play well and be able to fight for this.
"We are capable, of course, but right now I haven't found the key and the responsibility is mine.
"I have to improve and make the players attack and defend together, not individually."
