Bengaluru FC On Four Match Winning Streak After 3-1 Victory Against Chennaiyin FC
After a disappointing first half of the season, the home team's four straight victories had raised emotions.At the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Saturday, Bengaluru FC defeated Chennaiyin FC 3-1 to keep moving up the ISL standings.After a disappointing first half of the season, the home team's four straight victories had raised emotions.Because all four of BFC's remaining games are against clubs that are above them, it is unclear whether this will ultimately help BFC clinch a playoff berth (BFC now has 22 points from 16 games).On the day, BFC wasn't very impressive, but they were helped by a terrible opening half-hour effort by CFC.In the 15th minute, Roy Krishna assisted the home team in taking the lead when he brilliantly long-balled deep inside his own half to free N. Sivasakthi, who finished comfortably for his third goal of the year.Jiteshwor Singh and Julius Duker, a CFC midfield pairing, then made dreadful errors, lost the ball under pressure near to their goal, and were duly intercepted by Sivasakthi and Rohit Kumar.At halftime, CFC head coach Tomas Brdaric made a number of adjustments, including the removal of captain Anirudh Thapa. When substitute Edwin Vanspaul curled a shot from the right wing to cut the score, the away team appeared to have changed.If forwards Peter Sliskovic and Pavel Vanspaul had scored from promising situations, and Ninthoi Meetei hadn't been denied by a superb close-range stop from Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, the outcome would have been different.However, BFC managed to hang on, leaving CFC in eighth position (17 points from 15 games) and seriously jeopardising their prospects of finishing in the top six.
