ISL 2022: Alberto Noguera's stunner helps Mumbai to stop Hyderabad from a win in the third match of tournament

Hyderabad and Mumbai City locked horns in their first match of the campaign in the Indian Super League 2022. Both teams played a nail-biting thriller at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune which ended in a tie with the score line of 3-3.

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It was an amazing game in the end! Have to say, it is a fair result. Mumbai City dominated the first half, they took the lead early but right at the stroke of halftime, Hyderabad equalized. In the second, Hyderabad came out all guns blazing and scored early through Halicharan Narzary. Mumbai though found the equalizer not long after HFC took the lead.

However, the defending champions managed to go a goal ahead courtesy of a corner, and at that stage, it seemed like they would take away the three points but Mumbai managed to find the equalizer yet again 6 minutes from the regulation 90. A goal-fest and both teams will probably be happy about the outcome.

Here's all that happened in the match between Hyderabad and Mumbai City

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Speaking of the scorers in the match, then Chinglensana Singh ended up being involved in a suicidal goal or own goal which gave a lead of 1-0 to Mumbai in the 23^rd minute of the match. Mumbai was comfortably leading the match till the end of the first half but in the extra time of the first half, Joao Victor came up with an equalizer for the HFC and leveled the match with a score line of 1-1.

The third encounter of the ninth season of ISL went very interesting in the second half as Halicharan Narzary came up with a goal in the 51^st minute of the match. This lead could last only for almost 16 minutes in Hyderabad’s favor when Greg Stewart scored the second goal for Mumbai in the 67^th minute of the match.

Joao Victor managed to hamper Mumbai’s happiness as he went on to smash his second individual goal of the match and third goal for the team in the 76^th minute of the match.

But eventually, everyone in the arena was left stunned when Alberto Noguera forced HFC to satisfy with a draw. Noguera smashed the third goal for Mumbai in the 85^th minute of the encounter.

Eventually, both the teams had to share the points as the match ended in a tie with a score line of 3-3.