Argentine star striker Lionel Messi of Inter Miami reacts after lacking a first-half penalty kick in his membership’s MLS loss at Nashville. Photograph: AFP/FILE
WASHINGTON:
Lionel Messi missed one more penalty and was booked as Inter Miami suffered a 4-1 loss at Nashville on Saturday in a top-of-the-table MLS conflict.
England’s Sam Surridge and Germany’s Hany Mukhtar scored second-half objectives for the hosts in a showdown between the Main League Soccer general leaders.
Argentina and Miami captain Messi was denied from the penalty spot within the first half and issued a yellow card within the 59th minute but additionally assisted Inter’s lone aim.
Messi struck each posts in second-half stoppage time.
Nashville leads MLS with 43 factors and a report of 13-2 with 4 drawn whereas Inter Miami are second on 38 factors.
Nashville had already knocked Miami out of this yr’s CONCACAF Champions Cup within the spherical of 16.
Defending MLS champion Miami, which had been a league-best 8-1-1 on the highway, noticed a seven-match undefeated MLS run snapped as Nashville remained unbeaten at dwelling within the MLS marketing campaign.
Honduran defender Andy Najar scored with a header within the seventeenth minute to offer Nashville a 1-0 lead.
Miami had an opportunity to equalize with a Messi penalty kick within the twenty third minute however Nashville goalkeeper Brian Schwake saved his weak effort.
Messi’s report from the penalty spot is poor by his sky-high requirements, together with lacking twice on the World Cup.
The guests netted the equalizer three minutes into first-half stoppage time when Venezuelan Telasco Segovia blasted in a right-footed shot off an help by Messi.
Mukhtar, the 2022 MLS Most Worthwhile Participant, put Nashville again in entrance within the forty ninth minute.
Surridge gave Nashville a 3-1 lead and Mukhtar added his second within the 63rd for further insurance coverage because the hosts pulled away.