ISL 2017 Match 11: FC Pune City vs Mumbai City FC, 5 Talking Points

Balwant Singh was allowed too much space for his first goal (Image: ISL)

#4 Mumbai have every right to feel hard done by the referee

The Mumbai manager has every reason to feel hard done by (Image: ISL)

The referee's whistle seemed to be exceedingly quick when it came to decisions in favour of Pune tonight, while Mumbai City were left looking for it on more than one occasion.

As mentioned earlier, Pune's Marcelinho went unpunished for two very rash tackles and ended up playing the whole 90 minutes. A dismissal could have easily swung the game in favour of Mumbai with them already up 1-0. Even a yellow could have forced Pune coach Ranko Popovic into changes.

Astonishingly, right after Marcelinho's second dangerous two-footed tackle, Sehnaj Singh was adjudged to have fouled Marcelinho outside the box and was booked for barely a brush.

In the second half, Pune received a penalty after Diego Carlos was brought down in the box and rightfully so. However, just prior to that Lucian Goian was clearly brought down as well during Mumbai's corner. Yet, they got nothing with the referee looking straight at it.

The usually measured Alexandre Guimaraes also seemed at the end of his wits with some of the calls made during this game.