A night which required many more than five points (so forgive us if we can squeeze a few bonus ones in…)
Managing Editor Mark Booth picks through the wreckage of the 12th Hudson River Derby…
Demolition Derby
“In the end we played with 11 v 11 because we had two more in the stands. Our fans were incredible.” - Dome Torrent
The boss was right - this was hairs-on-the-back-of-the-neck stuff from 30+k inside Yankee Stadium, especially in the second half of NYCFC’s latest Hudson River Derby epic.
Whether it was the woodwork, injuries, the Red Bulls goalkeeper or the two red cards shown to men in blue, City were luckless in this encounter but still found a way to grind out a point against the league’s most in-form side thanks, in no small part, to the home supporters who only grew louder with each new obstacle placed.