Anelka, a former Chelsea and France national team star, described Mumbai's 0-7 defeat at the hands FC Goa as the worst in his life. The 7-0 win by FC Goa was the biggest in ISL.
"It's the worst defeat in my life and our players don't deserve to wear the Mumbai FC jersey after today's humiliating defeat," Anelka said at the post-match press conference.
"Now, we have to sit and see what went wrong and rectify the mistakes and win the remaining four matches if we are to reach the semi-finals. We had chance to go to the top but our boys failed to cash in on the opportunity and made things difficult for us to reach the semi-finals," said the player-cum-coach of Mumbai.
"The boys played to our plans and it was the result of collective effort. The win has put us on the right track to qualify for the semi-finals. Now we have to keep the winning momentum and try to qualify as early as possible and not to depend on other teams result," stated Zico.
Zico said he was happy the way young Thongkoisep Haokip, who scored a hat-trick, performed today.