ISL 2018-19: 3 Reasons why Mumbai City FC lost to Jamshedpur FC

#2 Too many set pieces and offsides

Mario Arques celebrates Jamshedpur FC's opening goal against Mumbai City FC [Credits: ISL]

Last night's clash saw Mumbai City FC concede a total of 6 corners and 13 free kicks in the entire game. Even after knowing how dangerously the Jamshedpur men kept delivering the ball into Mumbai's box, the men in blue succumbed to pressure by giving away too many set pieces.

We cannot turn our attention away from the fact that Mumbai City FC found the net twice and both these times they were caught offside. It is no surprise that every team plays the offside trap but it is the responsibility of the attackers to time their runs well. If only they would have been onside, we would have seen a different scoreline at the end of the game.