Kerala Blasters FC 0-1 Mumbai City FC - Hits & Flops | ISL 2019-20

Kerala beat Mumbai 1-0 (Credits: IS)
Kerala beat Mumbai 1-0 (Credits: ISL)

#3 Hit: Rowllin Borges

Rowllin Borges (Credits: ISL)
Rowllin Borges (Credits: ISL)

In his debut for his new club, the India international did his reputation no harm with a solid performance at the base of the Mumbai City midfield.

He was crunching into tackles, the passing was crisp, and he was shutting down the angles the Blasters were trying to find to Ogbeche. Having played with the free-scoring striker at NorthEast United last season, Rowllin Borges seemed to know just what Ogbeche would want and made it his mission on the night to not grant him that.


#4 Flop: Halicharan Narzary

Narzary had a off day (Credits ISL)
Narzary had a off day (Credits ISL)

This one was a tough one, with a debate between Halicharan Narzary and Ogbeche, but we've gone with the Assamese winger, who was well below-par before being hooked off prior to the hour mark, with local boy Rahul KP replacing him.

Narzary put in a grand total of one cross in the game, and that was one that floated well over and behind Amrinder Singh's goal. He gave the ball away on numerous occasions, and really didn't take on Sauvik Chakrabarti, who absolutely bossed the battle on the Blasters' left flank.

After an encouraging game against ATK, this was back to square one for Narzary, and his career in a nutshell - one where he has never been able to find any sort of consistency.


#5 Hit: Amrinder Singh

Amrinder Singh makes a stunning save (Credits: ISL)
Amrinder Singh makes a stunning save (Credits: ISL)

Let's just cut to the chase straightaway. 1-0 up, in the 95th minute of the game, you pull off the greatest save in the history of the ISL and you've kept the three points safe. That is enough to even be considered Man of the Match.

Ogbeche met that strike sweetly on the turn, and Amrinder had absolutely no right to even get a hand on it, let alone keep it out. But somehow, he got down low and got a strong enough fist on it to send the ball well over his post, and then he went on to deal with the subsequent corner.

He was also commanding in dealing with the Kerala set-pieces, although a lot of them were poor deliveries from Cido. Be it coming out to punch or claim, Amrinder was decisive, and his clean sheet now speaks for him. Top-class performance from a top-class goalkeeper.

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