Owen Coyle’s men took the lead through Nerijus Valskis (9′) before Mumbai hit back through Bartholomew Ogbeche (15′).
A red card for Aitor Monroy around the half-hour mark saw Jamshedpur reduced to 10 men but some dogged defending and a number of missed chances for Mumbai, saw the former get away with a draw.
Mumbai dominated the early exchanges as Monroy had to dive to block Ogbeche’s shot as early as the first minute. But it was Jamshedpur who drew first blood.
Just nine minutes had passed when Jackichand Singh found Valskis in the penalty box. The Lithuanian’s first-time shot was unerring. Barely three minutes later, Monroy could only find the side netting from a free-kick.
Monroy was in the thick of things a couple of minutes later, hacking Cy Goddard down and getting himself in the referee’s book.
Then,…