Chhetri continued his good form and scored a brilliant treble as Mumbai registered a thumping victory against the visitors in match 23 of Indian Super league season 2.
Full time: Mumbai City FC 5-1 NorthEast United FC.
Three minutes added before full time.
Goal! Bertin scores as Mumbai City FC extend their lead 5-1 against NorthEast United FC.
80 mins: Looks like Nicolas Anelka has made a change to save his player from being sent off. He replaces Ashutosh with Kingshuk at right back.
It's been a stellar showing from the home team today. They lead 4-1 with 15 minutes to go. #MUMvNEU #LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/wXpiAwtg7s— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) October 28, 2015
72 mins: More than the action on the field, we are seeing substitutions happening. This time, Singam Subash who was a bit off-colour today has been replaced by Pratesh Shirodkar.
62 mins: The referee had already blown his whistle after which Subrata Paul kicked the ball out of play. Paul receives a yellow card for his antics.
58 mins: Nicolas Velez tries to cut the ball into the 6 yard box but Subrata Paul gets out of his line to collect it before a NorthEast player can get on the end of the cross.
Goal! Sony Norde scores in the 52nd min. Mumbai City FC are now 4-1 up against NorthEast United FC.
It is a hat-trick for the Indian captain! He is now joint top scorer along with Mendoza. No mistake by Chhetri as he blasted the ball into the bottom left corner. Rehenesh guessed it correctly but could not stop it from going in.
GOAL! Sunil Chhetri scores from the penalty spot. Chhetri's scores a hat-trick as Mumbai City FC take 3-1 lead against NorthEast United FC.
Play resumes after half-time break.
Sunil Chhetri's double gives Mumbai City FC 2-1 lead against NorthEast United FC at half-time.
Two minutes added before half-time.
Goal! Sunil Chhetri scores his double to give Mumbai City FC 2-1 lead against NorthEast United FC.
Haokip squeezes it in with freekick from the right! A poor goal to concede by Subrata Paul there! He was slightly unsighted by the bodies in front of him as Boithang went for goal from a pretty acute angle. His left footed inswinger for heading for the near post where Subrata Paul failed to get down in time and collect it. To his defense, he was slightly unsighted by Carlos Lopez who was stationed in front of him when the ball was coming in.
Goal! Haokip scores the equaliser for NorthEast United vs Mumbai City in the 29th min.
Goal! Sunil Chhetri scores on penalty to give Mumbai City FC 1-0 lead against NorthEast United FC.
23 mins: The visitors have started as the brighter of the two teams, they had more possession and crosses attempted. They lead the attack index with 69%. Mumbai yet to really cause some problems for the NorthEast defenders.
16 mins: Frederic Piquionne is brought from behind by Siam Hanghal, the referee awards the home team a freekick in a very good position.
13 mins: Nicolas Velez fails to hit the target from a rather toght angle! His volley from the left post goes all the way across the face of goal there.
8' Good build up of play by North East results in Velez getting the ball outside the box and shooting it low but the shot goes wide #MUMvNEU— Mumbai City FC (@MumbaiCityFC) October 28, 2015
7 mins: Cristian Bustos slides in from behind to bring Simao down. The referee waves play on but as soon as he realises there is no advantage for the visitors, he blows his whistle to give NorthEast United FC a freekick.
3 mins: After a false start, NorthEast United FC finally begin the proceedings but lose the ball immediately. Norde gets a chance to put a decent ball into the area but his cross is gathered easily by the keeper.
Its kick-off time in Mumbai.
6:45pm: Cesar Farias has made four changes to the team that beat reigning champions Atketico de Kolkata in their last match. Nicolas Velez, Silas, Simao and Boithang start tonight. Diomansy Kamara, Francis Dadzie, Bruno and Hanghal are the players who have been replaced.
Starting XIs:
NorthEast United FC
Rehenesh (GK), Aibor Khongjee, Cedric Hengbart, Carlos Lopez, Reagan, Andre Bikey, Siam Hanghal, Boithang, Simao (C), Silas, Nicolas Velez.
Mumbai City FC
Subrata Paul (GK), Ashutosh, Pavel Cmovs, Darren O'Dea, Lalchhuanmawia Fanai, Frantz Bertin (C), Cristian Bustos, Singam Subash, Sunil Chhetri, Sony Norde, Frederic Piquionne.
6:40pm: The home team have not made much changes to the team that has been doing so well curently. Only the one solitary change made by Anelka, Frantz Bertin replaces Juan Aguilera in midfield.
6:35pm: Sony Norde and Sanju Pradhan have been tormenting the opposition in the ISL season 2. Sony Norde with 2 assists so far has quickly become an integral part of the Mumbai side, whereas Sanju with his 3 assists so far, has impressed most coming off the bench rather than playing the full match.
Mumbai City FC are high on confidence after back-to-back victories at home and would like to continue the momentum when they face visitors NorthEast United FC in the Indian Super League encounter at the DY Patil Stadium on Wednesday.
Both the teams can owe their success to their strikers. Sunil Chhetri has been the catalyst upfront for Mumbai City FC whereas Nicolas Velez has been making an impact coming off the bench.
Mumbai were struggling to score with Chettri unavailable due to international duties. His return to the team has seen Mumbai City FC score 4 goals in comparison to a solitary goal when Chhetri wasn’t in the squad.
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