ISL Media Team
Mumbai City FC and Atlético de Kolkata played out a 1-1 draw in front of almost 8,000 fans at the Mumbai Football Arena on Tuesday. The hosts took the lead in the 27th minute thanks to a brilliant strike from Matias Defederico. Pronay Halder received his marching orders from the referee in the 72nd minute to give ATK a lifeline. The visitors gladly obliged through Javi Lara, who scored his second goal of Hero Indian Super League 2016 in the 82nd minute to help the visitors earn a point.
The match started at a high tempo with the first effort on goal coming in the second minute of the match through a Leo Costa shot from distance that just flew over the crossbar as the hosts made their intentions known straight from kick-off.