Mohammedan SC pulled off a shocking heist because it snatched a 1-0 win over Bengaluru FC within the ISL on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium right here on Saturday.
Mirjalol Kasimov’s very good free-kick from simply exterior the penalty space within the 88th minute beat Gurpreet Singh Sandhu on the close to put up at hand BFC its first house defeat of the season.
The victory – solely the guests’ second of the marketing campaign, each away – got here on the again of two goalless attracts, and lifted Andrey Chernyshov’s wards from the underside of the desk into twelfth place (10 factors) above Hyderabad FC.
BFC remained second (27 factors) however its fourth loss within the final 9 fixtures will hamper its possibilities of a top-two end, with FC Goa and Jamshedpur FC respiration down its neck.
The host will rue the probabilities attackers Alberto Noguera and substitute Shivaldo Singh missed from point-blank vary within the first and second intervals respectively. Nevertheless it shouldn’t masks what was a largely subdued efficiency from BFC.
Mohammedan didn’t fairly impress. Defender Florent Ogier almost turned one into his personal internet within the first half whereas midfielder Alexis Gomez misplaced the ball routinely from promising positions.
However the Kolkata facet stayed tight when it mattered and landed the killer blow to make sure that this new 12 months has up to now been with out blemish.
The end result: Bengaluru FC 0 misplaced to Mohammedan SC 1 (Kasimov 88).
Printed – January 11, 2025 07:34 pm IST
