Heavyweights Mumbai City FC and ATK Mohun Bagan displayed their full repertoire however needed to accept a 1-1 draw within the Indian Super League right here on Thursday.
David Williams opened the scoring for ATKMB within the ninth minute however an personal aim from Pritam Kotal within the twenty fourth minute restored parity for Mumbai. Both groups had their fair proportion of possibilities in every half however couldn’t produce a winner.
The outcome means ATKMB couldn’t break into the top-four, remaining fifth with 20 factors from 12 video games.
Mumbai’s winless run stretched to seven video games because the reigning champions remained sixth within the desk with 19 factors from 13 outings.
ATKMB regarded in management from the off and it didn’t take them lengthy to nostril forward. The sensible Liston Colaco was hacked down on the left channel however regardless of inexperienced and maroon shirts’ loud attraction, the referee didn’t give a free-kick.
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Mourtada Fall then handed the ball to Ahmed Jahouh who dilly-dallied with Hugo Boumous urgent him laborious. Williams latched on to the free ball, skipped previous the keeper and put it previous him.
Colaco proved to be a menace for the Mumbai City FC protection as he made fixed forays and regarded threatening each time he bombed ahead. ATKMB saved knocking on the door as Colaco discovered the wall thrice to underline his dominance.
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Mumbai tried laborious to wrestle again the benefit and noticed the ball for a quick interval through which Cassio Gabriel’s try was thwarted by Tiri however Kotal didn’t preserve out a Bipin Singh cross, deflecting the ball into his personal internet.
After the cooling break, Williams had an opportunity to double his tally however his sharp header from a Liston Colaco free-kick that fell to him after hitting the wall got here off the woodwork.
Mohamad Nawaz then had a second to overlook when he charged out of his space in an try to go the ball clear however may solely handle to ship it so far as Boumous however the Frenchman was closed down by blue shirts.
In the second half, Mumbai took off Diego Mauricio who had a forgettable debut for the Islanders for Igor Angulo. Soon after, Boumous shot huge after Manvir Singh despatched in a low cross from the proper and Williams offered a cute dummy. At the opposite facet, Angulo headed huge from Jahouh’s cross.
At the hour mark, Mumbai’s new signing Lallianzuala Chhangte got here in for Vikram Pratap Singh and was within the thick of issues nearly instantly as he flicked on a ball from Gabriel into the trail of Angulo however his header was saved nicely by Amrinder Singh.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
