Indian Super Cup 2018 : Mumbai City FC vs East Bengal, 5 Talking Points

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East Bengal

pick

up a well-deserved victory.

Usual suspects, Katsumi Yusa and Al-Amna helped East Bengal to a 2-1 win over Mumbai City FC in Thursday's Indian Super Cup encounter.

Emana's wonderful free-kick went in vain as Mumbai found it extremely difficult to keep up with the tempo set by East Bengal tonight. Here are the major talking points from tonight's well-contested encounter.

#1 Al-Amna at the end of several cynical tackles

Al Amna took the fight to East Bengal

East Bengal began today's game against Mumbai City on the front foot. The Kolkata based outfit looked positive and took the game to their opponents from minute one. At the heart of their attack was Al-Amna.

The Syrian midfielder positioned himself intelligently in the middle of the mark and made the most of the empty space in front of him. He ran with intent and looked extremely dangerous going forward.

As a result, Mumbai's players were forced to bring him down with several cynical tackles. Zakeer was booked as early as in the 2nd minute as the men in blue looked on edge early on.

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