Kolkata, Dec 15: Mumbai City FC edged past Mohammedan SC by 1-0 at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 on Sunday to record their fourth victory of the season. Mohammedan SC remain winless in their six home matches of the current campaign, drawing once and being defeated five times. Contrastingly, Mumbai City FC have won seven matches and drawn twice in their last 10 ISL matches in Kolkata now.
Mumbai City FC were holding the ball and tried multiple alternatives to deconstruct the Mohammedan SC defence in the opening 15 minutes of the match. However, the visitors encountered their first glaring opportunity due to an error by the home team goalkeeper Bhaskar Roy. As the Islanders pressed high, Roy misplaced a pass as he was unable to clear his lines in the 16th minute. The custodian directed the ball straight to Lallianzuala Chhangte, who had no Mohammedan SC player challenging him. However, Chhangte couldn’t shoot on target, with the ball landing beside the right post of the goal.
The game took a decisive turn in the 35th minute though. As Mohammedan SC tried to make their way out of the midfield, Mohammed Irshad ended up committing a challenge on Brandon Fernandes. Irshad was shown his second yellow card of the game and thus sent off, handing the Islanders a numerical advantage with over 60 minutes of play yet to be played. Yet, the visitors could not make any threatening attacking moves as Mohammedan SC managed to see off the first essay of the game on level terms. (Agencies)
