Fortress Kochi: KBFC dominated the sport to maintain its unbeaten file at house.
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Kerala Blasters punished Mumbai City for its defensive errors and saved its unbeaten streak at house intact with a 2-0 win on the Jawaharlal Nehru International stadium right here on Sunday.
Egged on by the largest crowd of the season, Kerala Blasters latched on to the probabilities and killed the competition by the tip of the primary half.
Blasters’ Greek striker Diamantakos Dimitrios scored his sixth objective of the season to place the home-side forward within the twelfth minute. The striker then turned supplier for Kwame Peprah to double the lead through the stoppage time of the primary half.
The failure to defend with authority led to the primary Blasters objective.
Peprah, after receiving a by ball from the center, simply beat his marker John Griffiths, who pulled his hamstring and went down. The Ghanaian moved into the field from the left and his in the reduction of discovered an unmarked Diamantakos.
Good management
The striker confirmed good management to beat Jayesh Rane’s late problem and toed the ball in for the opening objective.
Mumbai regrouped and Jayesh Rane rattled the host’s defence with an extended ranger within the twenty second minute. The customer then served up good attacking mixtures by Bipin Singh and Lallianzuala Chhangte from both flanks.
But the Blasters defence held its form. Ivan Vukomanovic’s facet scored the second objective towards the tide when a bout of passing between Peprah and Diamantakos resulted within the former discovering the online.
Blasters performed proportion soccer within the second half to inflict the primary defeat for Mumbai City this season.
KBFC is in second spot with 23 factors whereas the Islanders stayed fourth within the desk with 19 factors.
The outcomes: Kerala Blasters 2 (Diamantakos 11, Peprah 45+5) bt Mumbai City FC 0.
