Ratings: Apuia, Stewart shine as 10-men Mumbai City share spoils with Hyderabad

The Nizams have finally opened their account in the league

Mumbai City FC and Hyderabad FC share spoils at the Mumbai Football Arena, as a late equaliser by Hyderabad restored parity right at the death in this Indian Super League (ISL) tie.

The Blues went down to ten men inside the opening 10 minutes, as Lachenpa was sent-off for a clumsy tackle. Mumbai City managed the game brilliantly thereafter, and even took the lead in the 76th minute courtesy of an own goal.

But a late deflection off Tiri’s shoulder, made the ball creep into Mumbai’s goal, and hand Hyderabad their first point of the season.

Here are the ratings from the game.

Mumbai City FC (By Keshava Verma)

Phurba Lachenpa - 3

Made a clumsy challenge running forward, and was sent off in the starting minutes of the game.

Rahul Bheke - 7

Was on his toes throughout the game, and kept Knowles at bay. Made two interceptions and two tackles, and had an 82% passing accuracy.

Mehtab Singh - 7.5

Was solid with his defensive duties, and made life difficult for Hyderabad's attack with his smart positioning and daunting physicality.

Tiri - 7

Used all his experience to keep a clean sheet for Mumbai despite going down to 10 men. Made five clearances and two interceptions, and was also reliable in handling the aerial balls. Made an unfortunate block that ultimately led to a goal in the final minute of the game.

Akash Mishra - 6.5

Worked incredibly hard across the 90 minutes, and made up for the deficit of a player on the left flank. Made  a number of great runs as well, to try and help in the forward play. Switched off completely in the final minute, and allowed Knowles to run into the open space, and ultimately squeeze the ball into the net. 

Abdenasser El Khayati - 3

Played an awkward back pass that led to Lachenpa’s red card, and was subbed off in the 16th minute due to an injury.

Apuia - 8

Was formidable in the middle of the park, and helped the defence immensely. Facilitated the transitional play of Mumbai brilliantly as well. Won nine ground duels, and also made three tackles. Was awarded the player of the match award.

Greg Stewart - 7.5

Stewart was brilliant in the midfield for Mumbai yet again, and made up for El Khayati’s absence. Played a brilliant reverse pass that led to Mumbai’s winning goal, and also played a number of accurate long balls.

Lallianzuala Chhangte - 6.5

Didn’t have the best of games, and couldn’t create a lot of attacking impetus for his side. Jad no shots registered, and only had 35 passes.

Jorge Pereyra Diaz - 6.5

Didn’t have any shots registered, and didn’t threaten Hyderabad’s goal at all. Dropped deep and helped the midfield, and also played a few good long balls into the path of the winger.

Vikram Pratap Singh - N/A

Vikram was unfortunately subbed off early into the game, to bring on Nawaz in the goal.

Substitutions

Mohammad Nawaz - 6.5

Replaced Lachenpa in goal, and did well with his goalkeeping duties thereafter.

Bipin Singh - 7

First fiddled in Mumbai’s only goal of the game, and was lively on the left flank.

Vinit Rai - N/A

Jayesh Rane - N/A

Hyderabad FC ratings (by Rutvij Joshi)

Gurmeet Singh - 6.5

Despite Mumbai being a man down for 80 mins , Gurmeet was  at the receiving end of the shots taken by Mumbai City FC throughout the game

Nikhil Poojary - 6

Nikhil Poojary was exposed defensively at times, however, fortunately it did not result in a goal. Offensively he created a brilliant chance but Aaren headed it wide.

Chinglensana Singh - 6

Chinglensana Singh showed early jitters in defense but as the game went ahead Sana grew in confidence. Second half defensively he had not much to do

Oswaldo Alanis - 5.5

Oswaldo too had a very sluggish start. In the injury time of first half he made a suicidal pass to Chhangte which fortunately did not result in a goal

Vighnesh Dakshinamurthy -6

Vignesh was decent on his return to Mumbai. He kept Chhangte quiet for the most period  however a bit of tussle with Apuia meant he got yellow card which ultimately resulted in his substitution at HT

Joao Victor  - 6

Joao Victor maintained the tempo in his second half for Hyderabad and did his job well until he was withdrawn

Sahil Tavora - 5

Sahil Tavora was all over the place . His positioning and distribution was poor.

Petteri Pennanen -  6

Petteri Pennanen went in physical battles with Greg Stewart and did his best to help his side get the first goal at the time when he was on the pitch. 

Mohammed Yasir - 6.5

Mohammed Yasir was better today with his performance. He gave out a few crosses from the right but they did not mean anything.

Adrien D’Silva - 6

Adrien had  one moment in the game where he could’ve put the ball in the net with his header.

Joe Knowles - 7

Joe Knowles ran a lot but he did not have a good chance at his disposal until the very last moment.

Substitutions

Manoj Mohammed - 5

Manoj Mohammmed was lively during the introduction but after an own goal his game regressed.

Felipe Amorim - 6

Felipe was brought in to get the equaliser but  couldn’t do anything what he was asked for.

Jonathan Moya - 6

Jonathan Moya showed his physical presence in the box but there was no deliveries that came his way.

Mark Zothanpuia - 6

Mark Zothanpuia did his best to stop the traffic but was barely successful.