Mumbai City FC and Delhi Dynamos played out a nail-biting 3-3 draw at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday in what was easily the best game in the Indian Super League so far in terms of entertainment value. Mumbai were running away with the game at half-time with two Krisztian Vadocz goals. Dynamos struck back through Richard Gardze and an own goal before Marcelinho struck the sixth goal of the game, which came from the penalty spot.

Mumbai were utterly dominant in the first half of the game with the tepid Dynamos barely able to gain a foothold in the contest. The away side were sweeping forward in droves. Although their main man, Mathais Defederico was quiet, Leo Costa and the deadly Sony Norde, at times, walked through the Dynamos defence.

It was Costa's skills that set up the first goal, cutting to his left and threading a gorgeous ball for Vadocz, who slotted it home. Fortune smiled on Mumbai for the second goal when Norde's exquisite free-kick cannoned off the bar, and the alert Vadocz headed the ball home from close range.

Delhi didn't make too many changes at half-time but Mumbai dithered and became sloppy as soon as they conceded an early goal — Marcelinho's surging run from the left finding Gadze at the back post.

Despite Delhi's sustained pressure in the Mumbai territory, the away side got back their two-goal lead, and it came through the individual brilliance of Norde, who calmly slotted the ball home after playing a sumptuous one-two pass with substitute Cafu.

There was plenty of late drama as Lucian Goian put the ball in his own net from Gadze's shot. Mumbai's defence crumbled. Ten minutes from time, Marcelinho smashed a superb penalty to the keeper's right when a tight call went in Gadze's favour after it looked like Mumbai goalie Roberto Volpato had made only minimal contact. Mumbai could have had the winner when an excellent left-foot shot from Defederico came off the post.

Brief scores:

Delhi Dynamos 3 (Richard Gadze, Lucian Goian [o.g], Marcelinho) 3 drew with Mumbai City FC (Krisztian Vadocz x 2, Sony Norde)