Mumbai City FC bag bragging rights in Maharashtra derby
MUMBAI: Mumbai City FC beat arch-rivals FC Pune City 2-0 to record their first win in the Indian Super League here on Friday. For Mumbai, Modou Sougou (25th minute) and Rafael Bastos (45th minute on penalty) were on target.
Mumbai after their first win are now placed sixth with three points from as many games while Pune are currently ninth with a point from two games.
Pune began on an attacking note as skipper Emiliano Alfaro’s header off a cross from Lalchhuanmawia Fanai in the first minute went wide.
In the fifth minute, Mumbai earned a free kick, but Paulo Machado’s shot sailed above the cross-bar. In the 10th minute, Machado set up Arnold Issoko, who tried a volley but the Pune defender Adil Khan managed to clear it. Mumbai’s repeated raids finally paid off in the 25th minute when Senegalese Sougou broke the deadlock. Machado cross from wide left hit the post and Sougou tapped it on a rebound to get his team the lead. In the 45th minute, Bastos converted a spotkick to make it 2-0 after an onrushing Sougou was felled by Fanai with a rash sliding tackle as referee pointed at the dreaded spot.
DELHI FACE BLASTERS
KOCHI:Delhi Dynamos would look to put the home defeat against ATK behind them when they face in-form Kerala Blasters here on Saturday. The Dynamos were coming into Saturday’s match after a 1-2 defeat against ATK at home while Kerala were unbeaten in their two games so far having won one and drawn the other.