ISL 2017-18: Mumbai City coach praises team's reaction after conceding

MUMBAI CITY's late goal by Balwant Singh helped them share a point against Kerala Blasters in Kochi on Sunday.

Coach Alexandre Guimaraes was a happy man, as he appreciated his team's spirit that they fought hard to take a point, especially after losing against Pune in the last few minutes of the match.

"I think we had a very good reaction. I don’t think it is easy to play after conceding a last-minute goal against Pune and then Kerala scored in the early minutes. I think the reaction the team had after that situation was very, very good," he said at the post match press conference.

"The team showed very good fitness in their third game in a week and that they are mentally strong to fight and to comeback. I think the result is good, especially in the second half, we had many positives. Now we have two games at home, our spirit is at a very good level."

Mumbai now has two back-to-back home matches which they'll want to win and gather maximum points. Talking about the importance of the same, coach said,

"Yeah, the fixtures for us in the beginning was very tough. I think the team is improving game by game. Today we improved our performance from the Pune game, in the Pune game we improved our performance from the Goa game, so the players are getting more in agreement. Of course now we have to think about our home game. This league and the games are very equal. We have to now recover well and prepare for our next game."

Davinder Singh had a decent outing apart from the fouls he committed. Coach had some positives to say about the youngster.

"It’s not easy you know. I’m very pleased that he played the way he played for a young player and to be competitive. It’s not easy because he had a little surgery on his knee and he practised very hard and waited for his opportunity. I think he did very well today, he’s a very young player and during the game he showed development."

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