That's it from this exciting game then where both the sides share points. On Sunday, Kerala Blasters FC is taking on FC Goa at home. That too will be an interesting game. See you for that encounter at 1930 IST. Till then, take care.
Awards
The Club Award is shared by both teams as the match ended in a draw. Michael Soosairaj is given the Limitless Player of the Match Award. Pritam Kotal wins the Winning Pass of the Match. Pratik Chaudhari takes the ISL Emerging Player of the Match Award and Serge Kevyn is given the Hero of the Match Award.
Exciting end
What an enthralling finish to this game. When Mumbai City FC's Serge Kevyn put the ball in the back of the net during the injury time, the Islanders would've felt that they have three points in the kitty. However, Roy Krishna managed to score the equalizer just before the final whistle to share points. Both the sides came out all guns blazing in the final half of the game as they attacked each other's goal on a few occasions. The visitors had a chance during the 75th minute when Mohamed Larbi could not put the ball in the back of the net. Had he scored then, the scenario could've been different. Earlier in the second half, Pratik Chaudhari headed the ball in the net to equalize in the 62nd minute and nullified the goal of Michael Soosairaj who scored in the first half. The visitors would be more disappointed as they had to keep the ball away for not more than a minute and they could not do so. It eventually ends as a draw and both the sides end up sharing points.
90'
Full Time!
The referee has blown the whistle for full time and it is ATK 2-2 Mumbai City FC.
90'
GOALLLL!!!
The skipper scores and the home crowd erupts. Turns swivels and hammers it in. What a goal this one from the skipper. Pritam Kotal makes a long ball from the right flank. Sarthak Golui looks to clear the ball with a header but ends up pushing it behind. The ball falls to Roy Krishna who turns around and drills the ball inside the goal. This is a brilliant brilliant goal from the skipper and they have managed to share the points in the dead end of this game.
90'
Goal
Goal - ATK : KRISHNA
90'
GOALLLL!!!
Wow! The visitors have stunned the home crowd once again. What a goal this one is, it can very well be the winning goal. An excellent final touch from Serge Kevyn and the Islanders go ahead with around 3 minutes left on the clock. Amine Chermiti has the ball on the left flank. He passes the ball to Bipin Singh. Bipin passes it in front of the goal for Serge Kevyn who shoots in the back of the net.
90'
Goal
Goal - Mumbai City FC : F. ANGOUE
90'
Another change for the visitors
Mohamed Larbi is going off at the start of the stoppage time and Raynier Fernandes comes on for him.
90'
Substitution
Substitution - Mumbai City FC (In: RAYNIER, Out: LARBI)
90'
Added time
The referee has added 5 minutes in this final half of the game. Who can manage to find the winner?
86'
Could've been an own goal
That could've been really bad for the visitors. Sauvik Chakrabarti takes a long ball and heads it to Pratik Chaudhari. Chaudhari looks to head it back towards Amrinder Singh behind. But Amrinder himself is out of the blocks to keep the ball out. Chaudhari heads the ball but it goes wide of the goal.
88'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card - Mumbai City FC : F. ANGOUE
86'
Substitution
Substitution - Mumbai City FC (In: BIPIN, Out: SOUGOU)
85'
Five minutes and added time left
With just 5 minutes and added time left on the clock, both the sides are trying to go all gun blazing to get the winning goal. Who can do that? Interesting few minutes left.
83'
Over
Serge Kevyn makes a short pass towards Modou Sougou outside the box. Sougou takes a couple of touches and then tries putting the ball in the back of the net but hammers it way over the goal.
81'
Nasty tackle
That looked really nasty. Anas Edathodika has made a nasty tackle on Paulo Machado in an attempt to win the ball. Edathodika himself looks to be in pain. However, once he gets up on his feet, he gets a booking as the referee shows him a yellow for the tackle.
80'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card - ATK : ANAS
78'
Substitution for the hosts
Javier Hernandez goes off and Balwant Singh comes off for him. The hosts are surely searching for the winner and hence fresh legs.
78'
Substitution
Substitution - ATK (In: BALWANT, Out: JAVI H)
75'
Another chance missed
Missed chance of the season? Yes, for sure. What have you done Mohamed Larbi? Serge Kevyn makes an excellent cross from the left. Modou Sougou looks to head the ball inside the net but he misses. The ball falls to Mohamed Larbi who has plenty of space to put the ball in the back of the net but he makes a mess of a simple chance as he kicks it way over the goal.
72'
Excellent from Serge Kevyn
Paulo Machado makes a superb through ball towards his right to find Serge Kevyn. He takes the ball and races towards the opposition box with a couple of touches. He then looks to fire the ball in but Anas Edathodika blocks it and then clears it away.
68'
Up and over
Pritam Kotal from the left side makes a long ball, looking for Roy Krishna, just in front of the goal. Amrinder Singh comes out of the block to keep the ball away. He does so well but the ball falls to Michael Soosairaj just outside the penalty area. He looks to drill it in but hits it high and over the goal.
66'
Poor effort
That should've been 2-1 for the Islanders but Serge Kevyn cannot put the ball in the back of the net. Paulo Machado makes a superb pass from the right to find Kevyn just in front of the goal. He has a lot of space towards his left but he targets the right side of the goal. However, he hammers it wide.
62'
GOALLLL!!!
The visitors level things up and the home crowd has gone numb. Mohamed Larbi takes a corner from the right. He makes an excellent shot inside the box. Pratik Chaudhari leaps high in the air and heads it with a deflection in the top right corner of the goal. Brilliant brilliant goal and now the Islanders would look for the winner in the remaining time to bag three points from this game.
60'
Wide
David Williams gets the ball on the left flank. He passes the ball behind to Sehnaj Singh outside the box. Singh passes it to Roy Krishna inside the box. Krishna looks to fire the ball in but it goes wide.
63'
Goal
Goal - Mumbai City FC : PRATIK
60'
Heated moment
Amine Chermiti and Roy Krishna are having some altercation out in the middle. Players from both the sides along with the referee are trying to calm the things down. By the way, Carl McHugh, who in the attempt of winning the ball, injured himself in the process and is hopping off. The hosts instantly substitute him as Agustin Iniguez comes on for him.
60'
Substitution
Substitution - ATK (In: AGUS, Out: MCHUGH)
53'
Injury?
Looks really nasty this one. Roy Krishna, the hosts' skipper makes a run with the ball on left. However, Sauvik Chakrabarti makes a tackle and takes down Krishna. He seems to be in a lot of pain. No card from the referee though.
49'
Substitution
The visitors make the first change of the game as Diego Carlos goes off and Serge Kevyn comes on for him.
49'
Substitution
Substitution - Mumbai City FC (In: F. ANGOUE, Out: DIEGO)
48'
Nice clearing
Paulo Machado passes an excellent ball from the right flank and finds Diego Carlos on the left side. Carlos takes the ball till the corner but he cannot make a move towards the goal as Prabir Das clears the ball away for a goal kick.
46'
Second half!
Time for the action of the second half. The visitors will get us underway in this final half and they will attack from left to right.
ATK's dominance
A half which has fully belonged to ATK. They managed to score at the 38th minute courtesy Michael Soosairaj with an excellent assist from Edu Garcia. They had many chances but mostly were defended or were off target. They had only 1 clear-cut chance and they converted it brilliantly. They certainly look like they will be win this game comfortably. Mumbai City FC, on the other hand, were good in defending for most of the half but when it mattered the most faltered and allowed the hosts to go ahead. They did not have many chances but their passing was better than the hosts in this half but will surely be looking to do a lot better in the second. Will they be able to equalize? Join us in a while.
45'
Half time!
The referee blows the whistle for half time and it is ATK 1-0 Mumbai City FC at the break.
45'
Added time!
Three minutes have been added as extra time.
41'
Well defended!
Michael Soosairaj puts in a terrific run in the left flank and tries to cross it to David Williams in the 18-yard box but Williams hits it wide of the post.
38'
GOAL!!!
That's the first one of the game and ATK have inched ahead in the game. Brilliant play from ATK. Edu Garcia passes it to Michael Soosairaj in the penalty area and then takes a shot. Amrinder Singh comes forward in an attempt to stop the attack but fails to do so. It goes inside and the home crowd erupts in joy. This is exhilarating stuff.
39'
Goal
Goal - ATK : SOOSAI
33'
Excellent defending
Diego Carlos has the ball on the left flank. He runs with it and then passes the ball inside the opposition box, looking for Modou Sougou. Sougou cannot make a touch and Michael Soosairaj clears the ball out.
30'
Yellow card
First one of today's game! This one looks horrible. In an attempt to tackle and clear the ball away, Subhasish Bose hits Edu Garcia on the face with his boot. It looks painful and the referee rightly shows the yellow card.
30'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card - Mumbai City FC : SUBHASISH
27'
Chance!
David Williams gets a pass from Edu Garcia just outside the box. Williams looks to take the shot near the edge of the penalty area but does so wide of the goal post.
26'
Clever goalkeeping
Diego Carlos from the left flank tries to put a pass to an attacker in the 18-yard box but Arindam Bhattacharja is aware of the attack. He runs ahead and pouches the ball.
20'
Stunning defending
David Williams beating the defenders moves closer to the 18-yard box and then passes it to Michael Soosairaj. Soosairaj passes it to Javier Hernandez in front of goal but it is well blocked by Sarthak Golui. It goes wide of the goal post for a corner. Nothing results from the set-piece.
17'
Off target
Edu Garcia trips Diego Carlos from behind on the left. A free kick is awarded to Mumbai City FC. Paulo Machado takes the set-piece but is way over the crossbar.
16'
No clear cut chances yet
Both the teams are yet to score a goal in this game so far. They are trying their best but have not any attempts on goal yet.
12'
Blocked
Diego Carlos from the left flank tries to cross it to Amine Chermiti inside the penalty area but the shot is blocked by an ATK defender.
9'
Foul?
That clearly looked like a foul! Sauvik Chakrabarti clearly missed the ball in his attempt to steal it from David Williams. Williams is brought down but the referee does not see it as a foul. The ATK coach and the players do not seem happy.
5'
Cleared away
Rowllin Borges puts in a long ball to Diego Carlos in the left flank. Diego Carlos crosses it but is blocked by Pritam Kotal. The block falls just in front of the goal and comes out to collect the ball but he fails to do so. Luckily for ATK, Anas Edathodika clears it away.
2'
Good defending
Edu Garcia passes it to Prabir Das who tries to beat the defenders but is stopped in his attack by Subhasish Bose. The ball goes out for offside.
1'
Kick off
ATK get us underway. They will attack from left to right in this half.
Toss
Mumbai City FC have won the toss and they will attack from right to left in this half.
National Anthem
Players from both the sides come out for the Indian National Anthem.
ATK Playing XI
Arindam Bhattacharja (GK), Pritam Kotal, Anas Edathodika, Prabir Das, Carl McHugh, Javier Hernandez, Sehnaj Singh, David Williams, Edu Garcia, Roy Krishna (C), Michael Soosairaj.
Today's game of the ISL sees ATK taking on Mumbai City FC. The table toppers, ATK, are on a 4-game unbeaten streak out of which they have won three. They are on a roll at home, winning both the games they have played in their own stadium. Also, they have scored a total of 8 goals at home and have just conceded one goal. Their attackers David Willaims, Roy Krishna have been brilliant. Their backline has also been solid, they have conceded only three goals so far and it is not going to be easy to beat them in their own den. Mumbai City FC have struggled big time, they started their campaign off with a win but since then have not won a game. They head into this encounter after drawing their last game and losing the two before that. They need to get back to winning ways before it is too late. It is their defense which has let them down so far. 10 goals is what they have conceded so far and they will need to perform a lot better here as they are up against an ATK side who are scoring for fun at home. Their attack has fared decently so far, scoring 7 goals. They will have to be at their best if they are to avoid a defeat here. Let's hope for an exciting encounter.