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Kerala Blasters FC
Paul Rachubka (5.5/10) - The Kerala keeper had a confident night between the sticks. He was beaten on a couple of occasions when NorthEast hit the post.
Rino Anto (6/10) - The right-back was active on his flank as he made overlapping runs and combined well with Jackichand Singh whenever he attacked. He did well to nullify the threat of NorthEast attacks from the left flank with good defensive stability.
Sandesh Jhingan (6/10) - The Indian International made a return to the lineup after serving his suspension and was a strong presence in the Kerala defence. He won a lot of headers and made crucial interceptions in the central defence and played a good partner to West Brown.
Wes Brown (/10) - The former Manchester United man was a calming presence in the Kerala defence with good ball handling and made good tackles. He scored his first goal in the ISL when he rose the highest to head past Rehenesh in the first half.
Arata Izumi (6/10) - The midfielder played alongside Pulga in a slightly deep role in the Kerala lineup. He did well to move around and broke up a lot of NorthEast plays with his tackling.
Victor Pulga (5.5/10) - The Spaniard, who is popularly known as 'Pulga', made his first start of the ISL season. He played along with Arata in the midfield as he was the sweeper for the away side and played between the midfield and defence.
Courage Pekuson (6/10) - The Ghanian midfielder was the driving force in the Kerala midfield with his industrious play as he went for all the balls. He had a couple of long-range efforts on goal as well.
Jackichand Singh (6.5/10) - The winger for the away side was threatening on the right flank with his crossing and pace, keeping Gursimrat Singh busy on the flank. He put in the corner that was headed in by Wes Brown for the first half goal.
Prasanth K (6/10) - The Kerala youngster began the game as a winger, but was later moved to the left-back by David James. He displayed great versatility as he adjusted well to the new role and looked threatening whenever Kerala attacked from the left flank.
Gudjon Baldvinsson (6/10) - The Icelandic striker was the lone man up front for the visitors and he did well with his movement. He had a lot of efforts on the goal but wasn't effective in his shooting.
CK Vineeth (6/10) - The former Bengaluru FC man played behind Baldvinsson and did well to keep the NorthEast defence on their toes.
Substitutes:
Milan Singh (4.5/10) - The defensive midfielder came on to replace Arata in the midfield as James introduced fresh legs to keep hold of the solitary goal lead.
Dimitar Berbatov (4/10) - The Bulgarian striker came on to replace Pulga in the central midfield and did well to find the runs of Baldvinsson ahead of him.
Karan Sawhney (N/A) - The striker came on in the dying seconds of the match as Kerala closed out the time.
