NorthEast United FC entered the top four in the 2020-21 Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL) standings after a 2-1 win over Mumbai City FC at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim on Saturday.
Deshorn Brown scored twice in quick succession in the first half and Adam le Fondre came off the bench to score once for the Islanders in the second.
The Highlanders put Mumbai City on the back foot early on by taking the lead in the 6th minute. After Amrinder Singh had initially parried away Luis Machado’s shot from distance, Nim Dorjee whipped in an enticing cross from the right towards the far post where Brown arrived and executed a thunderous volley to open the scoring.
The Jamaican doubled NorthEast’s lead three minutes later when a corner made its way to Machado in the box and ricocheted off his knee before going to Brown, who blasted the ball into the net. He could have scored his hat-trick in the 19th minute had he kept his effort off a brilliant cross from the left by Provat Lakra…