Mumbai City FC cantered to a 4 – 0 win over Delhi Dynamos FC in Hero Indian Super League (ISL) 2017-18 at the Mumbai Football Arena on Friday. Goals from Lucian Goian, Everton Santos, Thiago Santos and Balwant Singh ensured back-to-back victory for the Islanders as they jumped to the second spot on the points table.

Speaking to the media during the post-match press conference was the home team’s head coach Alexandre Guimaraes, who started off by expressing his delight at the win. “I think we totally deserved the win today,” he began. “We improved in many phases of our game and performed well in certain situations. It was important for us to try to get a second win in a row for the players to get confidence. Also, it’s good to have the whole squad ready.”

He also explained the strategy with which they approached the game. “I think that in the first half we tried to make a very good impressive start,” the Costa Rican revealed. “We felt that if we can get a goal in 15-20 minutes, it could hurt them. We did it and when they started to play their game, we got the second goal. For a team to have been losing, it’s very hard to recover in the second half. In the 10-against-10 game, I feel today we played even better.”

The 58-year-old was also extremely pleased after picking up successive wins for the first time this season. “It was important for us to win today, to be there with the pack,” he explained. “Some more games to be played, but we did our job and will continue to be there. Then we’ll see what happens. It’s the first time that we managed to win two games in a row and it’s a big push.”

Before wrapping up, he also heaped praise on the night’s ‘Hero of the Match’ Everton Santos, who was instrumental in Mumbai’s win. “He’s (Everton) a very competitive player,” Guimaraes said. “Sometimes he plays up front, sometimes he plays on the flanks and he’s on fire.”