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By beating Punjab FC 2-0 done goals by Hmingthanmawia Ralte and Vikram Singh, Mumbai City FC kept its extremity of the bargain connected the last time of the 2025-26 Indian Super League (ISL) play astatine the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium present connected Thursday. But it wasn’t capable for the rubric to travel its mode arsenic East Bengal defeated Inter Kashi 2-1 successful Kolkata to beryllium crowned champion.
The effect successful the nationalist superior ensured a third-placed decorativeness for Mumbai City. Punjab ended 5th successful the standings with 22 points from 13 games.
As the contention started to gaffe distant from the host, its players mislaid composure. Rash tackles by Leon Augustine and Pramveer Singh – successful the 67th and 90th infinitesimal respectively – meant Punjab was reduced to 9 men by the end. Goal-scorer Vikram, with 2 yellowish cards, was besides sent disconnected for Mumbai City towards the extremity of stoppage time.
After a drab archetypal half, the crippled sprung to beingness lone adjacent the hr people erstwhile Mumbai City’s Lallianzuala Chhangte and Jorge Diaz astir combined for the opening goal. However, Punjab’s defence dealt with the information tidily.
Barely a mates of minutes later, Punjab should person taken the lead. Off a country taken by Daniel Ramirez, Nsungusi Effiong leapt implicit a defender and teed up Bede Osuji with a header. The substitute was unchallenged from adjacent range, and yet failed to support his changeable connected target.
Once Augustine was fixed the marching orders, Mumbai City made the astir of the numerical advantage.
The result: Punjab FC 0 mislaid to Mumbai City FC 2 (Hmingthanmawia Ralte 80, Vikram Singh 90+11).
