HFC wins against defending champions.

Hyderabad outplay champions Mumbai City with 3-1 win.

Hyderabad FC made a brilliant comeback to register an impressive 3-1 win against Mumbai City FC in their 2021-22 Indian Super League (ISL) match at the PJN Stadium, here on Saturday.

It was the first defeat for the reigning champions Mumbai City FC, this season.
Ahmed Jahouh (6′) opened the scoring for Mumbai with a thumping right-footed finish after the HFC players failed to clear their lines inside the penalty area. Joao Victor (13′) then brought the game level by converting a penalty with calmness.HFC went into the lead with Bartholomew Ogbeche (53′) scoring his first goal of the season against his former team. The 19-year old Rohit Danu (82′) sealed victory by scoring the third goal for his team.

Manolo’s men bounce back to register first win of the season.

After an unlucky start to their Indian Super League campaign, Hyderabad FC were back to winning ways as they defeated defending champions Mumbai City FC 3-1 at Fatorda on Saturday. In what was the first 9:30 pm kickoff in the league’s history, HFC put on an impressive display to take all three points and move up to 5th in the league table, two games into the season.Manolo Marquez’s men did not have the best start to the game, as Ahmed Jahouh found the back of the net at the end of a smart dribble, in just the 6th minute of the game. However, it was all Hyderabad since then, as they dominated possession, created chances and were the better side on the night.

Joao Victor levelled the score in the 13th minute, coolly slotting in from the spot after Joel Chianese was brought down with a clumsy challenge at the edge of the box. In spite of a couple more chances falling to the hosts, it was all square at the break between the two sides.Hyderabad managed to keep the likes of Igor Angulo quiet at the other end but it was their constant creativity in attack that posed several problems for Mumbai City.
And it was Bart Ogbeche who gave the lead to HFC in the 53rd minute making no mistake from a superb Aniket Jadhav cross from the right. This came at the end of a superb passing move, giving Manolo’s men a lead against Mumbai for the first time in their history.

The winning coach, Manolo Marquez, spoke to the media following the win:

Manolo Marquez said, “We are happy with the win not because it was our first win against them. We’re happy because we have beaten the defending champions and are one of the favorites to win the league. They came into this game with a 3-0 victory and scored very early in the game tonight, and maybe that pushed our players. We played well most of the time and scored at the right times. We also defended whole-heartedly when they attacked, so I think we deserved the win tonight.””I’m very satisfied with today’s result,” says Hyderabad FC boss Manolo Marquez.