ISL 2019-20: 5 Things that went wrong for Mumbai City FC this season

Modified Feb 21, 2020 22:30 IST

Jorge Costa fought tooth and nail with his team for the final spot in the playoff but were undone by Lucian Goian's goal in the 83rd minute

#1 Mumbai City FC lacked an out-and-out striker

Leading the front three, Amine Chermiti could score only 6 goals and doesn't even feature in the top ten goalscorers in this season of ISL

Mumbai City FC ended the campaign with 14 different goalscorers. Their head coach Jorge Costa needs to be given due credit for that. But, it also meant the squad lacked an out-and-out striker who would pump in goals consistently.

In the previous season, Modou Sougou was deployed as a central striker and the Senegalese smashed 12 goals in 18 matches. This season, he could contribute only 3 goals and 2 assists in 14 matches. The prime reason was that he wa fielded at the right-wing position rather than centrally to maintain the overall balance.

Their Tunisian forward Amine Chermiti could score only 6 goals in 16 matches and he even missed a simple one-on-one opportunity with the Chennaiyin FC goalkeeper when the scoreline read 0-0.

Looking at the top goalscorers chart, not a single Mumbai City FC player featured in the top ten.