Bengaluru FC
Amrinder Singh – 9/10
Despite a flustered fumble on the 26th minute, and his general shakiness when a high ball came in, the BFC shot stopper put in a match-saving performances with several excellent saves. The two stand outs were when he saved point blank from Lucero and pulled off an acrobatic one from a loing range Safiq Rahim attempt.
Rino Anto – 7/10
The Malayalee put in another one of his tireless shifts, putting in a couple of threatening crosses. He went on a superb run in the 3nd minute and won a freekick in a dangerous position for BFC. Faded with the rest of his team though as the game wore on.
Juanan – 7/10
The Spaniard showcased exceptional positioning to stop a number of JDT attacks including a superb tackle on the 23rd minute. Was booked, rather unfairly, after reacting to a bad Pereyra challenge.
John Johnson – 6/10
The Englishman had a solid game at the back, putting his body on the line (almost John Terry-esque) as he pulled off block after block. Was at fault for the goal though when he left one of the oppostion's most dangerous players free in the box that led to the JDT goal.
Ranjan – 6.5/10
The right back had a decent game, putting in a great defensive shift, but offered little going forward. He had a couple of horrible fouls in the five minuted before half time and pulled off a superb block on Lucero in the 81st minute
Alvaro Rubio – 5/10
The Spanish midfield maestro had a tame showing after his great performances in the quarters against Tampines Rovers. Shafiq and co.put a lid on the Spaniards passing game and he wasnt able to influence the game as is his wont.
Cameron Watson – 6.5/10
The Australian Wall had a good game. The scrapppier it got, the happier he was, and he put in some great blocks. Did not contribute much offensively, and it cannot have escaped Roca's notice that BFC's goal came when he moved Lyngdoh back in from the wings.
Eugenson Lyngdoh – 9/10 (off 89')
WHAT A SUPER GOAL the midfield general scored. With a little shimmy he unleashed a hammershot with his weaker left foot that arrowed into the bottom corner. He had a very quiet first half where he was marooned on the left wing, but with Roca shifting to 5-3-2, he grew into the game. He was involved in a couple of rather nasty tackles (including one where he rammed into the goalie's abdomen chasing a through ball) but he put in a superb shift and was arguably BFC's best outfiled player.
Alwyn George – 5/10
The Nagpur lad had a very quiet game and could not affect proceedings as he would have liked. Was subbed off in the 69th minute as Roca looked to establish his 5-3-2 formation.
CK Vineet – 6/10 (off '77)
Vineet ran his socks off despite the stifling heat and humidity. Got little to no support up front, with Chettri dropping deep to provide added muscle in the midfield, but could do nothing with the few chances he did get
Sunil Chettri – 6.5/10
Captain Marvel looked slightly off colour and had a couple of misses – some of them from self-engineered chances where he created space with some sublime skill. Dropped in deep to counter JDT's midfield superiority and pulled off an exceptional pass on the 14th minute that Vineet couldn't latch on to. Looked increasingly frustrated as he was starved of service, and went missing for large patches of the game.
Substitutes
69' Vishal – 5/10
He was brought on to add defensive stability and did so without adding much attacking thrust as right wingback
77' Daniel – 5/10
Added some much needed fresh legs in midfield, but was rather anonumous going forward
89' Beiko – NA
Had no time to impact proceedings
