Bengaluru FC 1-0 ATK: 5 Talking Points & Tactical Analysis | ISL 2019-20

#2 ATK fail to sparkle under the Kanteerava lights

Krishna (R) wasn't at his best

ATK arrived at the Kanteerava having scored 33 goals in the league stages. Throughout their campaign, the Kolkata-based outfit have posed a significant attacking threat, with Krishna and Williams contributing to it majorly. However, on Sunday, the pair failed to scale similar peaks, meaning that the visitors drew a blank and handed the Blues the initiative.

Apart from a few promising moments in the first half, Krishna was well marshalled by Bheke, Juanan and Serran. The troika of defenders barely allowed the striker any space to run in behind and denied him the opportunity to turn in midfield.

Williams, on the other hand, was also pretty uninfluential as he couldn’t link up with his strike partner and was often left to run into blind alleys.

ATK’s wing-backs too had a poor attacking game by their standards as they failed to leave an imprint on the game. Prabir found himself occupied with Chhetri’s threat whereas Soosairaj had his hands full tackling Khabra and then, Suresh.

Additionally, Edu Garcia and Javi Hernandez also failed to conjure anything in the centre of the park, thereby allowing the hosts the chance to keep things tight at the back and set themselves on their way to another clean sheet.