ISL : Norde double strike sinks Atletico de Kolkata

Ian-Hume-02KOLKATA : A double strike from Soni Nord sunk Atletico de Kolkata in their last league tie in ISL .Mumbai City FC  produced a brilliant performance against the defending ISL champions , winning 3-2 at Salt Lake Stadium on Friday . The loss to Atletico meant they have to wait for the outcome of FC Goa and Delhi Dynamos match , to know who finish as the No 1 team after the league stages . A win for ATK against Mumbai would have s confirmed a top of the table finish with 26 points .

Mumbai City did not show any fatigue  in the build-up to the match after they were stuck in Chennai for two days, then a bus journey to Tirupati, and then flying out to Mumbai on Thursday evening. They reached Calcutta on Friday morning and recorded their first-away victory in style. That in itself showed a lot of  character, determination and guts from the Mumbai outfit .

The visitors took the lead twice through goals from Sony Norde (26th minute) and Sunil Chetri (82nd), but the defending champions restored parity with goals from Iain Hume (45th) and Izumi Arata (90th). Just when it looked like Mumbai City would have to wait till the third edition to register their first-away win, Norde scored the winner in the third minute of added time. It was a sweet revenge for Nicolas Anelka and his men who were humiliated by ATK in Navi Mumbai on the first day of November.