Harambee Stars midfielder Victor Wanyama got his eighth victory of the season as his CF Montreal side easily shrugged off the challenge of bottom-placed Toronto FC as they recorded a 3-1 win in a Major Soccer League (MLS) match played at the Saputo Stadium on Sunday morning.Heading into the game, Montreal had not had any victory with their last two matches which ended in draws.75′ Comment faire son retour au jeu @QuiotoSamir 👊Quioto doubles our lead. #MTLvTOR | 3-1 | #CFMTL pic.twitter.com/Otno2ouZnG— CF Montréal (@clubdefootmtl) August 28, 2021 The game against the last-placed team however got off to a fiery start as Wanyama got in the thick of things just three minutes in as he got on the receiving end of a challenge that saw Toronto reduced to ten men after a long VAR check. Noah Okello, the Toronto man culpable of recklessly lunging in on the former Kenyan captain.With a man advantage, Montreal wasted no time in finding the back of the net as Samuel Piette pounced on a rebound from a free-kick to give Montreal the lead in the 23rd minute with the only goal scored in the first half.Two minutes to the hour mark, Nigerian forward Ifunanyi Achara momentarily restored parity in the match as he tapped in a Yeferson Soteldo cutback cross into the area after doing all the hard work and laying the ball on a plate for the forward who tapped into an empty net for the equalizer.The equalizer proved to be short-lived as Joaquin Torres restored Montreal’s advantage once again with a neat finish just ten minutes later.Invaincus au Stade Saputo en 2021 📈GE Appliances | #CFMTL pic.twitter.com/VBQUhUcXZ3— CF Montréal (@clubdefootmtl) August 28, 2021 With fifteen minutes left on the clock, Romell Quito sealed the three points for Montreal as he marked his comeback from injury with a low drive effort into the bottom corner that drove the final nail into Toronto’s coffin.With the return to winning ways, Montreal jumped to sixth on the log on 31 points as Toronto languished at the bottom of the log on 15 points.
