Mumbai City FC 5-0 FC Pune City: 5 talking points

#2 Mumbai City\'s gameplay

Mumbai in the initial minutes of the game rallied behind to get its defensive tactics in place, however from the 11th minute onwards it began launching a series of counter-attacks which yielded results almost instantly. While Moritz scored in the 12th minute itself, they began exploiting weaknesses in the Pune mid-field and started to run riot in the Pune half. By the end of the first half however, the counter-attacks had given way to full fledged attacks which FC Pune City was reduced to thwarting away.

The second half battle was largely limited to the mid-field with both the teams trying very hard to wrangle ball possession, Mumbai settled down comfortably into the game by the middle of the second half. It showed in their game play as they went on to score two more goals to seal the game. Peter Reid, the Mumbai City FC head coach definitely got his tactics right this time around and it showed in the positive approach of the players on the field.

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