Head coach Des Buckingham puts forth his views on Mumbai City FC’s unbeaten run in the Indian Super League
Mumbai City FC have been enjoying a dream run in the ongoing edition of the Indian Super League. The head coach Des Buckingham was elated after his team beat FC Goa convincingly by a 4-1 margin at the Mumbai Football Arena in Mumbai on Thursday.
The first goal came from Pereyra Diaz, who opened the team’s account in the 16th minute. However, soon Iker Guarrotxena found the equalizer for FC Goa, courtesy of a rare mistake from Phurba Lachenpa.
Mumbai City FC dominated the play, thereafter, as they clinched three more goals and registered their 6th win. Lallianzuala Chhangte put MCFC ahead before half-time, while the likes of Jorge Diaz and Alberto Noguera netted one each in the second half.
The head coach credited his team for the hard work they put in since his arrival at the club. It is worth mentioning that Mumbai City FC are yet to suffer a defeat this season. Buckingham still feels that there is room for improvement but is confident that his team will continue to replicate the winning performances for the rest of the season.
“I am happy with the staff, but that’s all it is. We’re nine games into a 20 game season. We want more than 20 and we’ve got a lot more work to do. I wasn’t happy with the first half. I thought we were good enough to have the goals and go in with the win, but I wasn’t happy with a couple of things which we changed in the second half, but we are very happy overall with nine games.”
“You know what we’ve been able to do in terms of performances that have got results as well. It’s not just been the results. I think they’ve been deserved and the way we’ve played has been very good, but there is a lot more that you need to do if we want to continue, not just getting better game by game, but we’ve got a way we want to do things and I think it’s a lot of work, both the staff and the players can look to do and we’ll look to address that after the short little break that we get before East Bengal FC.”
The last game was also Ahmed Jahouh 100th Hero ISL appearance. Sharing his thoughts on the same, Des Buckingham said,
“Ahmed Jahouh is one of the best players I’ve been fortunate enough to work with in my time here. Both at the start and all the way through, he is one of the best professionals on the field and off the field that he has tried so hard to adapt his game to play the way we want and that’s the reason he’s playing as much game time and start in the games because we know it can be a very influential player in this league and what he’s done already. But the way he’s adapted his game, to try and fit into our playing style he is so open-minded to learn new things. And he tries so hard to try and do that and I’m very happy with the performances he’s had so far this season. But overall, for the 14 months, I can only talk him up as being one of the best professional players that I’ve been fortunate to work with.”
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