ISL: OFC vs MCFC, Highlights: Odisha stun leaders Mumbai City to throw league wide open

The
result
leaves
Des
Buckingham’s
men
winless
in
three
games.
Victory
for
Kiko
Ramirez’s
men
means
that
only
three
points
separate
them
from
the
league
leaders
despite
being
in
seventh
place
on
the
table.

Aridai
Cabrera
(4′)
scored
an
early
goal
against
the
run
of
play
but
Ahmed
Jahouh
(11′)
quickly
brought
the
game
on
level
terms
with
a
superb
finish.
Igor
Angulo
(38′)
then
headed
his
team
into
the
lead
before
Jerry
Mawihmingthanga
(70′,
77′)
scored
a
memorable
brace
to
hand
the
lead
back
to
the
Kalinga
Warriors.
Jonathas
(89′)
put
the
result
beyond
any
doubt
by
scoring
the
fourth.

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The
match
began
at
a
rapid
pace
as
Odisha
FC
scored
an
early
goal.
Mumbai
City
FC’s
Mourtada
Fall
gave
the
ball
away
with
an
unforced
error
in
his
own
half
which
led
to
Aridai
Cabrera
cutting
inside
from
the
left
flank
and
unleashing
a
curling
shot
towards
the
far
post.
Mohammad
Nawaz
got
both
hands
on
the
ball
and
yet
could
not
prevent
the
ball
from
rolling
inside
the
net.
A
few
minutes
later,
Ahmed
Jahouh
found
the
back
of
the
net
with
a
sensational
curling
shot
from
almost
25-yards
out.
The
midfielder
was
fed
by
Cassio
Gabriel
with
a
perfectly
weighted
pass
for
the
equaliser.

Raynier
Fernandes
had
a
great
opportunity
to
send
his
team
into
the
lead
at
the
half-hour
mark
but
the
midfielder
miscued
his
header
which
went
wide
to
his
disappointment.
However,
it
was
Igor
Angulo
who
finally
gave
the
Islanders
the
lead
with
a
precise
header
from
a
Jahouh
free-kick.

The
second
half
also
started
on
a
fiery
note
as
OFC
began
on
the
front
foot.
Moments
after
the
hour
mark,
Sahil
Tanwar
missed
an
easy
header
to
score
the
equaliser
from
12-yards
away
after
finding
himself
unmarked
inside
the
box.
Ygor
Catatau
looked
to
have
scored
another
goal
from
the
bench
but
he
was
adjudged
to
be
in
an
offside
position.

Within
seconds
on
the
other
end,
Jerry
Mawihmingthanga
scored
his
first
goal
of
the
season
and
equalised
with
a
diving
header
at
the
far
post.
The
winger
then
proceeded
to
score
OFC’s
third
and
stunned
the
league
leaders
with
a
powerful
drive
that
went
straight
into
the
top
corner
from
the
right
flank.
To
inflict
more
misery,
Jerry
turned
provider
by
delivering
a
pinpoint
cross
for
Jonathas
who
calmly
placed
his
shot
in
the
back
of
the
net
to
score
the
fourth.

A
late
headed
attempt
from
Catatau
was
saved
by
Kamaljit
Singh
from
point-blank
range
who
showed
incredible
reflexes
to
keep
the
Islanders
at
bay.
The
Kalinga
Warriors
held
on
to
their
lead
and
managed
their
fourth
win
of
the
season.

Top-ranked
Mumbai
City
FC
will
play
bottom-ranked
SC
East
Bengal
in
their
next
fixture
at
the
Tilak
Maidan
Stadium
on
Friday
whereas
Odisha
FC
faces
Juan
Ferrando’s
ATK
Mohun
Bagan
at
the
PJN
Stadium
on
Saturday.

Source:
ISL
Media