Hyderabad hold Mumbai City to goalless draw

Bambolim (Goa), Jan 16 : Hyderabad FC held Mumbai City to a 0-0 draw in the Indian Super League (ISL) at the GMC Stadium on Saturday. Hyderabad put up a solid performance in defence to restrict Mumbai from establishing their superiority and ended up threatening their table topping opposition a number of times as well.
Hyderabad pinned their opponents with their high pressing approach. They were lucky to not concede an early penalty when Raynier Fernandes was fouled after an attempted clearance from Mohammed Yasir. The referee awarded an indirect free-kick inside the box, which Mumbai failed to capitalise on.
It was an end-to-end battle in the first half, as both the keepers were called into action.
First, Laxmikant Kattimani produced a fine save to deny Adam le Fondre. Then, at the other end, Amrinder Singh kept his side alive in the game.
Aridane Santana, Joel Chianese and Liston Colaco combined together to initiate the move before Colaco tried his luck from the byline, but his near post effort was well saved by Amrinder.
The Mumbai defense has been exceptional this season and Amrinder was at his best once again to deny Chianese.