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08/15 20:44 CDT Picault, Muyumba score goals, Atlanta beats Red Bulls 2-1 to
snap 7-game winless skid
Picault, Muyumba score goals, Atlanta beats Red Bulls 2-1 to snap 7-game
winless skid
ATLANTA (AP) --- Faf Picault scored the go-ahead goal in the 82nd minute,
Tristan Muyumba scored for the second consecutive game, and Atlanta United
rallied to beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 on Saturday night to snap a
seven-game winless streak.
Atlanta (4-12-3), which had lost back-to-back games, won for the first time
since a 3-1 home victory over Montreal on May 2.
Miguel Almiron chipped a first-touch cross from the right side to the back post
and Picault, who was left unmarked, put away a header from point-blank range
that deflected off goalkeeper Ethan Horvath, who finished with one save.
Emil Forsberg gave the Red Bulls (7-8-4) a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute.
Julian Hall intercepted a clearance attempt at the left edge of the penalty box
and dropped it back to Adri Mehmeti near the edge of penalty arc. Mehmeti
tapped a pass through a trio of defenders to Forsberg, who beat goalkeeper
Lucas Hoyos one on one.
Muyumba took a short pass from Alexey Miranchuk and calmly flicked a rising
shot from the top of the penalty box inside the right post to make it 1-1 in
the 69th.
Hoyos stopped two shots.
The Red Bulls are 10-3-6 with a plus-15 goal differential against Atlanta in
the regular season, 5-3-3 at Mercedes Benz Stadium.
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