After two points from their last three matches, Mumbai City FC head coach Alexandre Guimaraes is hoping to return to winning ways when they take on FC Goa in their 2016 Hero Indian Super League encounter at the Mumbai Football Arena on Friday evening.

Mumbai played out a 3-3 draw with Delhi Dynamos FC in their last match and twice gave away their two-goal cushion. However, Guimaraes wasn’t too critical of his defence.

“We played a very good match and I think that is good for the health of the league. I cannot say anything about our defence because everybody watched what happened regarding the goals we conceded, so this is not a problem. It is something that happened that day and it cannot happen again,” Guimaraes told reporters on Thursday.

Mumbai face a couple of injury concerns in the form of Leo Costa and Anwar Ali. However, good news is that marquee player Diego Forlan, who was instrumental in Mumbai’s wins in their first two matches, has returned to full fitness and will take the field on Friday.

“Well, now the medical department has gone to do some test, so we are waiting for them to come back and give me a report before our afternoon practice, so I know whether or not they [Costa and Ali] will be available for selection,” Guimaraes replied to a query on the duo’s fitness status besides adding, “Yes, Diego will be playing.”

With eight points from five matches, Mumbai are up against a team that has just one point from their four matches. However, Guimaraes is not complacent. “I think they didn’t deserve the results that they have got till now. They are also very brave and play attacking football and that’s how they played in the previous two seasons as well. This is football and things like that happen and we also know that the opponent which has its back against the wall will come out hard,” the Costa Rican gaffer said.

The 56-year-old also praised Sunil Chhetri for guiding Bengaluru FC into the final of the AFC Cup after a 4-2 win on aggregate against Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta’zim. This was the first time that an Indian club had gone that far in the history of the competition. Chhetri, Amrinder Singh and Udanta Singh are expected to be back for Mumbai City after the final on November 5. “He was fantastic and he scored superb goals. The first thing that I did was to congratulate him, Amrinder and the other guys, and like I said earlier this is good for Indian football as they are competing at the international level and I am very happy for the achievement of the Bengaluru team and players. We knew about this situation, about players not being there [for Mumbai City] so we have been handling it [well] and I hope the players do come back as champions and then of course the energy will be much better for the team,” Guimaraes said.