This time, it was centerback Alex De John who dragged him down on the edge of the box. Once again, it was Sapong forcing tough decisions out of an Atlanta defender. Nashville pulled back ahead early in the second half. Perhaps the best opportunity came late in the half, with physical hold-up play along the sideline from Sapong allowed him to thread a throughball to Mukhtar, but the lefty shot hit outside netting. Nashville continued to control the bulk of the play, but couldn’t find the frame of goal. On the ensuing corner kick, Mukhtar found the head of centerback Jalil Anibaba to draw the score level. However, a heads-up play by Hany Mukhtar saw the German Designated Player hustle onto the loose ball, and fire a shot that drew a save from Kann. A solid offensive sequence was partially spoiled by a heavy touch from striker CJ Sapong. A left-footed service to the back post saw Muyl victimized for a second time on the sequence, with Atlanta CB Anton Walkes rising over him to head the ball back across the face of goal and into the corner of Joe Willis’s net. A foul on Nashville’s Alex Muyl provided a free kick from 30 yards out. The Boys in Gold put the ball in the net two more times, both ruled out (correctly) for close offside calls, and NSC also managed to play the final 20 minutes of the match with a man advantage, but couldn’t beat backup keeper Alec Kann to find the game winner.Ītlanta got the proceedings going in the fifth minute. It will go down as a game with plenty to regret for Nashville. The Boys in Gold scored on a corner-kick header from Jalil Anibaba and a penalty kick from Hany Mukhtar, but visiting Atlanta United got set-piece headers from Anton Walkes and Jackson Conway to earn the 2-2 draw in Music City. NASHVILLE – Even when Nashville doesn’t earn a victory in Nissan Stadium, you can’t say the 22,913 fans in attendance missed out on any entertainment.
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