Mumbai City FC (MCFC) came up with a superlative performance to beat Rajasthan United FC (RUFC) 5-1, in their Group B match of the Durand Cup at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan (KBK), here today.
Greg Stewart opened the scoring for the Islanders in the 10th minute, with Lallianzuala Chhangte doubling the advantage in the 18th and Mehtab Singh adding a third in the 35th, to put the issue beyond RUFC in the first half itself. In the second, Ahmed Jahouh converted a penalty won by substitute Vikram Pratap Singh before Gyamar Nikum got one back for RUFC with his second of the tournament. Vikram Pratap then nailed one in himself in the second minute of stoppage time to make it a five-star performance from the Islanders.
RUFC looked a far cry from the spirited side of their first two games with MCFC snuffing out whatever challenge they would have provided in the first half itself, with some eye-catching football.
The first MCFC goal gave an indication of things to come when Argentine Pereyra Diaz, with a lovely body turn in midfield, found Scotsman Greg Stewart’s run in between two defenders, who made no mistake with a clinical finish.