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#5 Alfaro to the rescue for Pune City
With four goals now in three matches, the Uruguayan has been on point. For much of the first half, Pune were contained by Mumbai City and were looking for inspiration from somewhere with Marcelinho also being off his game. Emiliano Alfaro was largely non-existent in the first 30 minutes, yet started coming into the game bit by bit.
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He started making some more incisive runs in the second half to stretch the Mumbai defence and when Pune got the chance to level the score from the spot, it was he and not Marcelinho who took the crucial kick. He beat Amrinder Singh comfortably, sending him the wrong way to coolly slot the ball in the back of the net.
He wasn't done there. With time running out towards the end, Mumbai looked like the side more keen on going for the win. But in the second minute of added time, a long-ball out from defence from Jonatan Lucca saw Diego time his run perfectly and break the offside trap. For once Mumbai's defence was caught out and Diego passed the ball to his right where he found Alfaro who tapped the ball home to send the home crowd into euphoria.
Alfaro's been doing this all season -- missing for large parts of the game, but always around to net a goal. He delivered once more today for Popovic and Pune City.
