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I wouldn’t be off base to suggest that the Montreal Impact deserved its 2-1 road win against the Chicago Fire. If the run of play wasn’t convincing enough, the post-game statistics depicted an accurate reflection of the contest.

In the come-from-behind victory, the Impact outshot the Fire 14-10 — including 7-2 on target — while completing 129 more passes from a 57-per-cent possession advantage. The Impact’s goal in the 56th minute ended the Fire’s team-record shutout streak at 412 minutes, while the loss ended Chicago’s four match unbeaten run. But the main talking point was about the three outstanding goals scored in the match, the best of which was saved for last.

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Here are my pros and cons from the match:

Pro: After being substituted on in the 50th minute for Yohan Venegas, it took Didier Drogba only six minutes to make an impact on the game. Drogba turned in Dominic Oduro’s cross, with a fancy behind-the-back heel, in the 56th minute that levelled the game at one each. What might have gone unnoticed in the lead up to the goal is that it was Drogba’s pressure on Fire goalkeeper Matt Lampson that forced the ‘keeper’s bad clearance to Oduro, who was forty yards from the goal. Winning the ball farther up the pitch is one of coach Mauro Biello’s philosophies. Drogba and Oduro executed it to perfection.