Suicide goal in 97 minutes! Mumbai dropped 3 points against Hyderabad
At the last minute, Hyderabad was saved from defeat. Hyderabad scored a last-minute goal against Mumbai City FC in the Indian Super League on Saturday to draw the match. Match result 1-1. Mumbai FC played with 10 men in this match. The match was exciting from start to finish. On the one hand, as Mumbai continue to miss opportunities. Hyderabad is also seen to defend hard. Although Mumbai got a goal later, they could not save that goal in the end. Courtesy Hyderabad's last minute attack and fighting spirit. Mumbai FC scored in the 76th minute. That goal was conceded by Hyderabad. Later in the 97th minute, Hyderabad repaid that goal. That too by a suicide goal.
Saturday's match kept the audience on the edge of their seats from start to finish. Five minutes into the game, Vikram Pratap Singh was gifted a goal by Jorge Perera Diaz. But he could not take advantage of the opportunity. However, after 2 minutes, he is seen leaving the field.
But in this match something that is not often seen in football happened. On this day, Mumbai City FC goalkeeper Purba Lachenpa was shown a red card and left the field. It is known that Hyderabad FC's winger Joe Knowles, who came towards the goal post after passing two defenders, brutally tackled him. But Mumbai coach Des Buckingham was more angry than Lachanpar at his defenders not being able to stop Knowles. Mumbai have to play with 10 men due to this red card. At the very beginning of the match, they were under a lot of pressure.
However, stopping Mumbai was not so easy. Mumbai became more aggressive and continued to attack the opposition. After 76 minutes, Mumbai advanced in the match due to Hyderabad's own goal. Manoj Mohammad scored the suicide goal. After that the attack of Hyderabad started. Even after the scheduled time, they showed great performance in extra time. In the last minute in the 97th minute, a perfect shot by Joe Knowles hit the chest of Jose Luis Espinsa Arroyo and went into the Mumbai net. And with him back in the match Hyderabad FC.