The first Maharashtra Derby of Hero Indian Super League (ISL) 2017-18 turned out to be a thriller as FC Pune City beat Mumbai City FC 2-1 at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium in Pune on Wednesday. Mumbai’s Balwant Singh opened the scoring in the first half but a brace from Emiliano Alfaro in the second period gave the Stallions maximum points. Pune’s Baljit Sahni spoke to indiansuperleague.com after the match. Here are the excerpts from the interview.

What are your thoughts on today’s win?

It was a must-win for us, and we played a very good match, so thank you very much.

What are your plans for Chennai?

We go match by match. In the last game, we wanted a win and we got it. Today we played as a team and we won this as well.

Do you think the firepower in your team can take you guys all the way?

We have a great squad. All the players are dedicated and hard-working, so I hope it takes us to the top four.