Mumbai City FC rode on left-back Nathan Rodrigues’ strike to carry Chennaiyin FC 1-1 in an exciting draw within the Indian Super League in Chennai on Saturday. Captain Ryan Edwards opened the scoring for Chennaiyin after an hour of gritty play. However their pleasure was short-lived as Rodrigues levelled the scores three minutes later within the milestone 1,000th contest of the ISL. The Marina Machans moved from seventh to fourth within the standings with 12 factors, whereas the Islanders remained at eighth spot with 10 factors.
The motion started with a long-range effort from Yoell van Nieff within the nineteenth minute, who unleashed a robust shot that examined CFC goalkeeper Mohammad Nawaz, however he narrowly missed the mark.
With the hosts’ backline on alert following the guests’ try, a minute later, Tiri rose above the Chennaiyin defenders throughout a nook, sending a robust header in direction of purpose, leading to a nearly-close miss.
MCFC continued with their assault intent, as Nikolaos Karelis discovered a gap contained in the field within the thirtieth minute and moved in rapidly to capitalise on a unfastened ball.
Although his shot troubled the CFC defence, it lacked the accuracy to search out the again of the web.
Both groups needed to wait till the next half to attain their respective objectives.
Following the restart after the break, the Marina Machans broke the impasse within the sixtieth minute by means of a set-piece scenario, as Connor Shields offered a simple cross into the field.
Edwards jumped above the Mumbai defenders and related a robust header, completely positioned into the underside proper nook.
A nook from Van Nieff resulted in Rodrigues positioning and timing his soar completely.
He related it with a robust header because the ball raced into the highest proper nook to stage the scoreline.
Thereon, the 2 sides gave their all, however regardless of their greatest efforts, no crew might handle a winner.
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