Emmanuel Latte Lath scored the game-winning goal in the 84th minute, helping Atlanta United rally from a two-goal deficit to earn a 4-3 victory against visiting New York City FC on Saturday.
Hannes Wolf scored a pair of goals for New York (2-2-2, 8 points) to build a 3-1 lead, before three straight scores helped Atlanta United (2-2-2, 8 points) snap a four-game winless streak.
After Atlanta knotted the game at one with a late first-half goal, New York’s Alosno Martinez converted a penalty kick after Atlanta Brooks Lennon committed a foul in the box at the 48-minute-mark. Just three minutes later, a bad touch from Atlanta’s 17-year-old defender Dominik Chong Qui resulted in Julian Fernandez’s assist to Wolf, whose second goal gave New York a 3-1 edge.
In the 62nd minute, Atlanta’s attack paid off as New York’s Keaton Parks mistakenly knocked in an own goal to cut Atlanta’s deficit to 3-2. Then in the 74th minute, Xande Silva sent a cross into the box for Miguel Almiron’s game-tying goal — his first with the club since 2018, which was the last season of his first stint with the franchise.
The run continued for Atlanta, as goalkeeper Brad Guzan bombed a goal kick deep into New York territory, where miscommunication between defender Thiago Martins and New York goalie Matthew Freese resulted in Latte Lath’s game-winner in the 84th minute.
In the first half, Derrick Williams’ header and Latte Lath’s left footed shot attempt both came up short for Atlanta in the first five minutes, before Martinez’s shot was saved by Guzan, but the rebound set up perfectly for Wolf’s goal 14 minutes in.
Following several chances for each team, Latte Lath found Alexey Miranchuk on a game-tying goal in the 41st minute. New York possessed the ball for nearly 59 percent of the first half and had three shots on goal compared to Atlanta’s one, but entered halftime knotted at one.
–Field Level Media