Mumbai get their ISL campaign on track

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Mumbai, November 25: Mumbai City FC got their Indian Super League (ISL) campaign up and running with a narrow 2-1 win over FC Goa at the Mumbai Football Arena on Saturday (November 25).

Everton Santos made the most of a lapse by Laxmikant Kattimani to open the scoring, while Manuel Arana came up with the equaliser for the Gaurs four minutes before Thiago Santos scored the winner for the Islanders.

The home team broke the deadlock a minute before the hour mark after Kattimani received a back pass, and didn't notice Hero of the Match Santos closing him down from the side. The keeper's clearance hit Santos, and resulted in the ball rolling into the net to make it 1-0 to the hosts.

The visitors thought that they scored the equaliser six minutes later when Corominas chipped the ball beautifully over Amrinder into the net. However, the Spaniard was adjudged to have been offside by the referee.

But Goa weren't denied their leveler six minutes from time after the Gaurs worked a good combination to excellent effect as Corominas squared a ball to Arana from the right for the latter to lash the ball home and make it 1-1.

Goa nearly got a second three minutes later, but Lanzarote's effort from distance was met with a finger-tip save by Amrinder. Instead, it was Mumbai who got the second in the 88th minute when Thiago came in from the right flank and squeezed the ball through Kattimani's legs to restore his team's lead.