ISL 2018-19: FC Pune City 0-3 Bengaluru FC, 5 Talking Points and Tactical Analysis

#4 Bengaluru old guard foxes Pune's young guns

Chhetri gave Sarthak Golui a torrid time

Experience v Youth - it is always a very interesting subject to have a debate upon. Tonight, experience well and truly trumped the youth though, as the game was decided by three goals, all scored by the older player in a duel using his wealth of experience.

For the first goal, it was a brilliant pass from Delgado to pick out Chhetri and he finished really well, but what set the goal up was the intelligence and the preciseness of his movement.

Chhetri bent his run superbly to not be caught offside, and ran right across Sarthak Golui, who was watching the ball. By the time he could retreat, Chhetri was away and face-to-face with Kaith.

The second goal too, was a story of Golui being undone by Chhetri - in the mind, rather than physically. Once Miku had laid it off to his skipper, Chhetri still had plenty of work to do. He took the ball past Golui and then with another slight touch fooled Kaith as well. That eventually gave him a virtually empty net to put the ball into.

The third goal was all about the spatial awareness and intelligence of Miku. It was a long-ball from Juanan which the Venezuelan brought down on his chest. The touch with the chest was also so good, it took him past Sahil Panwar, who was in close attendance. Once he'd got past Panwar, he wasted no time on ceremonies, and absolutely smacked the ball past Kaith into the bottom corner.

For the best of defenders in this league, it is a tough task to deal with Miku and Chhetri in full flow. For two youngsters still learning the tricks of the trade, it proved a near-impossible ask.