Patrick Mullins header rescues draw in eight-goal thriller

Jul 12, 2015 at 8pm UK

Villa (17', 65' pen.), Perquis (29' og.), Mullins (84')

FT(HT: 2-3)

Giovinco (34' pen., 40', 43'), Delgado (82')

New York City miss the chance to move up the Eastern Conference standings after a dramatic 4-4 draw with Toronto at Yankee Stadium.

Published: July 12 2015 | 22:01

Last updated: July 13 2015 | 11:49

Patrick Mullins's late header denied Toronto a thrilling victory as New York City earned a 4-4 draw at Yankee Stadium.

The Blues, minus the injured Frank Lampard and the ineligible Andrea Pirlo, almost took the lead after a quarter of an hour when Thomas McNamara teed up David Villa towards the edge of the area, but the Spaniard steered his effort wide.

Villa wouldn't be denied for long as his curling free kick beat the despairing dive of keeper Chris Konopka and went in off the post.

Toronto were given the chance to equalise from the spot immediately when Benoit Cheyrou was brought down by Mehdi Ballouchy.

However, ex-Juventus forward Sebastian Giovinco smashed his penalty against the woodwork.

New York City were then awarded a penalty of their own just before the half-hour mark for Damien Perquis's foul on McNamara.

Villa's spot kick was saved by Konopka, but McNamara followed up and his effort deflected into the net off the luckless Perquis.

Toronto were awarded a second penalty after a rash challenge from Kwame Watson-Siriboe on Daniel Lovitz, and Giovinco atoned for his earlier miss by slotting past Josh Saunders.

City fans thought their side had scored a third when Villa's free kick soon after grazed the side-netting.

However, the Canadians managed to pull back level when a thunderous strike from Giovinco left Saunders helpless.

The Italian international completed a first-half hat-trick on 43 minutes when he beat the offside trap before stroking the ball into the back of the net for his 11th goal of the season.

He nearly scored his fourth of the afternoon when his shot from a tight angle beat Saunders, but came back off the post.

On 65 minutes, the hosts were awarded yet another penalty after Konopka tripped Villa before the ex-Barcelona forward sent the keeper the wrong way from the spot.

Toronto thought they had snatched victory eight minutes from time when Giovinco's pass set up Marco Delgado to score the visitors' fourth.

However, City were level within two minutes when a failed clearance allowed Mullins the chance to equalise, although the result leaves them second from the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21