ISL as it happened: Ljungberg makes debut as Mumbai beat Pune 5-0

CLICK HERE FOR LIVE GOALS AND UPDATES Mumbai City FC: Paul; Letzelter, Cmovs, Friedrich, Costa; Tiago, Stohanzl, Dika; Subhash, Nadong, Moritz FC Pune City XI: Belardi; Ravanan, Kotal, Cirillo, Ramirez; Ashutosh, Kostas, Rodriguez, Wadoo; Dudu, Trezeguet Preview: There was a remarkable difference as Mumbai City FC trained at the DY Patil stadium on the eve of their first home match — the passing was slicker, quicker and more incisive and the drills much more adventurous than what was seen in Kolkata at Salt Lake stadium. Mumbai City could hardly show any attacking verve in their Indian Super League opener against Atletico de Kolkata which they lost 0-3 — and while Peter Reid and co didn’t use the excuse of the artificial turf at Salt Lake for that defeat — there’s no doubting that his style of play requires a much better turf for plans to materialise on the pitch. “No disrespect to Kolkata, but football is a game played on natural grass and the surface here is superb — you could say that it is more conducive to the type of passing and attacking game that we want to play. The boys are raring to go out and play on that surface. I know it’s a cricket ground but they’ve done a remarkable job with the grass,” Reid said ahead of Mumbai’s match against FC Pune City, which is on Saturday. [caption id=“attachment_1762003” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Peter Reid and MCFC during training at the DY Patil stadium.[/caption] DY Patil is sold out for the game — and while Reid doesn’t intend to go gung-ho, the 30,000-plus crowd may get to see unused marquee player Freddie Ljungberg in action. “Ljungberg has been working on his