Monterrey, Tigres deliver thrilling game in rain-soaked Apertura final first-leg

Monterrey players celebrate after Nicolas Sanchez opened the scoring for Monterrey against Tigres.

MONTERREY, Mexico -- Tigres and Monterrey drew 1-1 on Thursday in Estadio Universitario in the first leg of the 2017 Apertura final in a rain-soaked game, with the second and defining leg coming Sunday in Monterrey's Estadio BBVA Bancomer.

Here are three takes on the game in which both teams finished with 10 players:1. Monterrey with slight advantage for Sunday's final

Last time these two teams met in the playoffs -- just over six months ago in the 2017 Clausura quarterfinals -- the series was...