The Highlanders’ first opportunity came in the 20th minute after Katsumi Yusa put Holicharan Narzary in on goal with a delightful through ball.Mumbai City FC’s Jackichand Singh (right) celebrates scoring with team mate Sony Norde in their ISL-3 match agains NorhtEast United FC in Guwahati on Saturday.Making his first start of the season, Jackichand Singh scored the only goal of the match in the 45th minute after a goalkeeping error led to an easy finish for the winger.NorthEast started to grow into the game with Katsumi setting up Emiliano Alfaro 10 minutes later. NorthEast’s Brazilian custodian got caught with the ball at his feet by Sony Norde, who set up Jackichand for an easy finish to put Mumbai 1-0 up at the break. The India winger got to the ball before an onrushing NEUFC custodian Wellington Gomes but his shot flew just wide of the target to the delight of the home fans. Mailson Alves though did just about enough to prevent Costa from keeping his effort on target. The Uruguayan produced a brilliant first-time goal-bound volley but Albino Gomes was equal to the task and pulled off a spectacular save.|Though the Highla-nders kept up the pressure almost throughout the second half, the lack of finish hurt their chances of fetching the equaliser with Alfaro being almost the lone pointman up front.The visitors went in front on the stroke of half-time following a goalkeeping error by Gomes. Mumbai City FC’s Jackichand Singh (right) celebrates scoring with team mate Sony Norde in their ISL-3 match agains NorhtEast United FC in Guwahati on Saturday. India, Delhi, Threaded Rod Din New Delhi.Mumbai City FC went top of the Hero Indian Super League table with a 1-0 win over NorthEast United FC before almost 30,000 fans at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati on Saturday evening. Diego Forlan threaded a beautiful ball to play Jackichand in on goal as early as the sixth minute. Narzary controlled the ball and closed in on goal before sending his left-footed strike wide of the target.Forlan put in a dangerous free-kick from the left eight minutes later to find Leo Costa for a free header inside the six-yard box
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