Kolkata legends ATK Mohun Bagan look ahead to their maiden win on this 12 months’s Durand Cup as they performed out a 1-1 draw towards rivals Mumbai City FC on the Vivekananda Yuva Bharathi Krirangan (VYBK) on Wednesday.
In the primary 20 minutes of the primary half, a spirited ATKMB tried to take an early lead, strengthened by house assist. Winger Liston Colaco made some nice strikes, first within the second minute and second within the twelfth minute. However, each strikes didn’t give the Mariners an early lead.
ATKMB shed their first blood within the fortieth minute when defender Ashish Rai struck off Mumbai goalkeeper Phurba Lachenpa however Liston scored on the rebound. Mumbai might have leveled 4 minutes later when Greg Stewart discovered Bipin Singh clear with a floater, however the Manipuri header went straight into the palms of ATKMB custodian Vishal Kaith.
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Coming into the second half, ATKMB might have doubled their lead as Liston as soon as once more received an identical rebound from Lachenpa, however it was finally cleared by Mumbai’s Australian defender Rostin Griffiths. Mumbai equalized within the 77th minute when Argentine ahead Jorge Pereira Diaz bowled an aerial ball from Sanjeev Stalin within the field and took it into the online.
With the draw, ATKMB have only one level from two matches, whereas Mumbai have 4 factors from the 2 matches they’ve performed up to now. ATKMB misplaced their first sport 2-3 to Rajasthan United.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
