Jamshedpur FC 3-2 Kerala Blasters FC: 3 reasons why the Red Miners came out on top | ISL 2019-20

#2 Kerala commit silly mistakes to concede the match

Kerala Blasters made far too many errors on the night. (Credits: ISL)

Kerala Blasters started the match well with an early goal but regular mistakes from their players resulted in a potentially season-ending loss.

Although Kerala's lack of attacking threat after that first goal affected them to an extent, Abdul Hakku's red card and Messi Bouli's hand-ball which gave away a penalty acted as killer blows.

First of all, Abdul Hakku's reckless challenge has to be talked about as it was a moment that could give sleepless nights to manager Eelco Schattorie. This moment happened in the 50th minute of the game when Hakku made a sliding tackle on Grande when the Jamshedpur forward was only at the half-way line. This challenge was questionable not just because of the area of the play where the tackle was made but also the fact that Hakku had already received an yellow card in the first half. As always, the loss of a man resulted in not changing of personnel but also opened up more space for Jamshedpur.

The second mistake occurred when Raphael Messi Bouli handled the ball during a routine corner-kick to give away a penalty. Although Kerala manager Schattorie was left fuming due to the decision but referee Crystal John hadn't made a mistake as Messi Bouli was clearly at fault to have taken his hand to an unnatural position.

After Sergio Castel converted the penalty, Bartholomew Ogbeche made matters worse for Kerala through an own-goal in the dying minutes of the game. This was the final nail in the coffin for a 10-man Kerala team as they left with zero points from a game that should have seen them take all three home.