New York City FC came so close to upsettng one of the giants of CONCACAF football on Wednesday night. Ronny Deila’s side played host to Tigres UANL in the first leg of their CCL quarter-final against the Mexican giants.
After a terrific first-half performance in which they should have scored two or three, NYCFC ran out of steam late on and eventually conceded a heartbreaker at the death, Eduardo Vargas turning home a rebound in stoppage time.
Here are three things we learned from the 1-0 loss.
It is an age-old adage in football: ‘make the most of your dominance’.