ISL 2017/18, Match 88: Chennaiyin FC vs Mumbai City FC, 5 Talking Points

#2 More of a wrestling bout than a football game

There were more than a few tussles on the pitch. (Photo: ISL)

With as many as 18 fouls committed by both the teams combined in the first half itself, and around 30 during the whole span of 90 minutes, the game had a stop-start approach to it. Mumbai committed more of the fouls, most of them being deep inside their own half and in dangerous positions. Chennai too restored to the physical aspects to stop Mumbai from venturing forward.

Mumbai eventually paid the price for their hard-tackling nature as Wadoo bought down Gavilan inside the box to award Chennaiyin a penalty. Gerson, Raju, and Germanpreet were players who were guilty of committing the most number of fouls during the game.