It was mayhem in Margao on Tuesday night as Thongkoisep Haokip and Dudu Omagbemi scored a hat-trick each to help home team FC Goa demolish Mumbai City FC 7-0 for the league’s biggest ever victory.
Dudu (41st, 63rd and 66th) and Haokip (33rd, 52nd and 79th) seemed to have no trouble repeatedly finding the net while substitute Reinaldo Oliveira (90th) added one more in a completely one-sided match at the Nehru Stadium.
The earlier biggest margin win was the 5-0 thrashing of FC Pune City by Mumbai City FC in Mumbai last season.
The victory was not only a sweet revenge of the away 0-2 defeat for FC Goa but also helped them maintain their top spot in the league standings with 18 points from 10 matches.
After today’s humiliating defeat, the worst in the ISL, Mumbai remained on sixth place with 12 points from 10 games.
FC Goa made three changes in their starting line up, bringing in Jofre Mateu Gonzalez, Mandar Rao and Dudu who made his debut today.
Mumbai City FC, on the other hand, made two changes bringing in Sunil Chhetri and Lalchhunmmawia Fanai in place of Subash Singh and Brendon Fernandes who is ruled out of the competition.
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