ISL: We were the better team tonight, says East Bengal FC head coach

East Bengal FC head coach Stephen Constantine was elated to be the first team to beat Mumbai City FC at home in the Indian Super League ISL 202223 season as the Islanders suffered a 01 loss at the Mumbai Football ArenaWith Mumbai City FC wrapping up the league shield already head coach Des Buckingham gave four players debuts and named an allIndian front line The game was evenly poised and both teams had their fair chances but it was Naorem Mahesh Singh solitary goal which made the difference at the full time whistleWith this win East Bengal FC became the first team to beat Mumbai City FC at home in this season and the only team in the league to register a clean sheet against the Islanders For Mumbai City FC it was a straight second loss Constantine was elated with the clubs first win against Mumbai City FC in the ISL history and opined that they were better than the home side in this eveningIm delighted with the performance of our players and they played from start to finish I thought we were the better team Obviously congratulations to Buckingham and staff for winning the shield which is a great achievement but delighted to be the first team to beat them at home with a clean sheet Constantine said in the prematch press conferenceI have to give these boys credit because they have fought with whatever they have there They know theyre not the best players in the league but they have given everything for me and I appreciate that and we look forward to the big one the derby he addedEast Bengal FC play their last match against ATK Mohun Bagan in the Kolkata derby next Saturday In the reverse fixture the Red and Gold Brigade lost the game 02 in a tightlycontested match against the Mariners But with the win against Mumbai City FC Constantine and his players arrive at the derby match with momentum on their side The EBFC head coach acknowledged the importance of the derby for the fans and assured them to give everything on SaturdayI know what the derby means to everybody Its an important game We want to win it We will try to win it and it will be as it always is a really tough difficult hard fought game and I hope that we take the confidence from the performances like today against Kerala Blasters FC and Jamshedpur FC where we have shown that we are more than capable of beating anybody on our day we beat Mumbai with a full team in Durand Cup When we keep their shape we will have the result he commentedAlso readISL Tenman Jamshedpur FC stun Hyderabad FCWith these three points East Bengal FC are currently at the eighth position with 19 points having won six matches and lost 12 matches This is East Bengal FCs best season in terms of wins and total points but on the other side they failed to qualify for the playoffs again Constantine analysed the situation and said the club needs to give more time to their head coachesMy contract finishes in May and if people are unhappy with my performance I have no problems I will have offers here in India and outside but if you keep changing the coach dont expect to win too many matches in football We EBFC have changed 10 coaches in the last four years We lost some players who had interest in coming to East Bengal FC because I couldnt tell them that I am here next season for sure he saidIf you keep changing the coach that means you want to change the players youre going to change the formations the staff and theres no consistency and this is what the problem is generally in football Find the right guy if Im not the right guy no problem But give the guy two years three years and then you judge him he concludedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever