It just doesn’t add up for New York City FC coach Ronny Deila.

A team largely unchanged from the one that finished atop the Eastern Conference a year ago has five losses in its first MLS six games of the 2020 season — with four coming by the same 1-0 scoreline.

That was also the final score in NYCFC’s home leg of the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals against Tigres UANL.

“I’ve never been through this before that we have lost four times 1-0,” Deila said after his club’s 1-0 defeat to the New York Bulls Thursday night at Red Bull Arena. “It’s very, very rare.”

The decisive moment in the latest chapter of the Hudson River Derby was a controversial goal awarded following Video Review after a stunning Sean Johnson gaffe. The NYCFC goalkeeper flubbed Kyle Duncan’s shot, which went off his hands and it was ruled to have landed just over the goal line.

“I trust in Sean. Every goalkeeper have some things and he had a fantastic save in the first half and also a great save when it was 1-0 as well,” Deila said. “Mistakes happen. It’s how we bounce back from it and I know we’re doing to do that.”

Sezione: News / Data: Fri 21 August 2020 alle 13:00
Autore: Stefano Bentivogli
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