Had Daisuke Sakai not missed a easy tap-in in further time, Kerala Blasters FC may have celebrated a memorable residence victory towards Chennaiyin FC on Wednesday. With the rating degree at 3-3 within the 94th minute, defender Drinic dribbled previous the CFC defence to feed the Japanese midfielder the ball in entrance of the ball. Having already overwhelmed the goalkeeper on its solution to Sakai and with no defenders to make a block, Sakai simply needed to information the ball in. Nevertheless, he missed and despatched the ball vast of the online.
The draw meant Kerala Blasters went previous FC Goa by a degree to high the purpose desk (17) though the previous champions have performed two video games lower than the Yellow Military. Chennaiyin are within the seventh place with eight factors.
Trailing 3-2 at half-time, KBFC’s star striker Dimitrios Diamantakos scored his second objective of the evening within the 59th minute to make the scoreboard even. For the Chennai-based workforce, Jordan Murray scored twice after Rahim Ali scored the sport’s opener only one minute into the sport.
After Ali’s strike, it solely took KBFC ten minutes to equalise as Diamantakos scored from the spot. The penalty was awarded for a foul on Okay Peprah. The celebration solely lasted a few minutes as Jordan transformed a penalty on the different finish within the thirteenth minute.
One other good end from Murray within the twenty fourth minute towards the run of play surprised the homeside, however Peprah managed to tug one again earlier than the half-time whistle to take the rating to 2-3.
One other good end from Murray within the twenty fourth minute towards the run of play surprised the house facet, however Peprah managed to tug one again earlier than the half-time whistle to take the rating to 2-3.
Sakai was launched within the 86th minute after KBFC skipper Adrian Luna, who was but once more good in the midst of the sector, was substituted. His miss may show pricey within the race for the ISL defend because the league progresses.
Blasters confirmed character earlier than their ever-enthusiast followers to return from behind not as soon as however twice to separate factors with a gritty opposition. KBFC loved 59% of ball possession and blasted 15 pictures on objective versus CFC’s tally of 9.
Chennaiyin FC will subsequent tackle Jamshedpur on December 7 at residence whereas Kerala Blasters are up towards the mighty FC Goa away on December 3.