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Powered by a robust house crowd, the Kerala Blasters continued their climb within the ISL ladder, transferring from sixth to fourth, after defeating Bengaluru FC 3-2 on the Nehru Stadium right here on Sunday.
Having received their final 4 video games, the Blasters appeared assured. They regarded harmful as they incessantly superior by the fitting but it surely was Bengaluru which took the lead within the 14 th minute by a penalty after its captain Sunil Chhetri was introduced down by goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Gill.
Ten minutes later, Blasters discovered the equaliser following an Adrian Luna freekick from outdoors the field. It rebounded off the left submit and Sandeep Singh took it properly and despatched a cross from the fitting and an alert Mark Leskovic tapped it right into a nook giving goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh no probability.
The Blasters took the lead simply earlier than the break. Adrian Luna crept up by the left and despatched a wise cross into the field. Bengaluru defender Sandesh Jhingan’s try and cease it was unsuccessful and Blasters’ Greek ahead Diamantakos Dimitrios slammed it house.
And within the 68 th minute, Australian midfielder Apostolos Giannou got here off the bench and nearly instantly elevated the Blasters’ lead after being put by by Diamantakos. With a defender chasing him, Giannou ran in, evaded goalkeeper Gurpreet and scored with an angled shot.
There was a bit of tension within the house camp when Bengaluru’s Javier diminished the margin with a fiery shot 10 minutes from the tip however the Blasters stayed sturdy to win their fifth straight recreation.
The end result: Kerala Blasters 3 (Mark Leskovic 25, Diamantakos Dimitrios 43, Apostolos Giannou 70) bt Bengaluru FC 2 (Sunil Chhetri 14-p, Javier Hernandez 81).