ISL 2020: ATK Mohun Bagan start off with 1-0 win over Kerala Blasters

It simply needed to be him, isn’t it? After making the debut Indian Super League (ISL) season his personal by being the joint highest-scorer (15 objectives) for final yr’s champions ATK, Roy Krishna bought ISL-7 and ATK Mohun Bagan going with the decisive winner in opposition to Kerala Blasters FC at a closed GMC Stadium in Bambolim, Goa, on Friday.

In an in any other case uncommon begin to this uncommon pandemic-hit ISL season that noticed a number of muffed possibilities, an harm substitution inside the primary 15 minutes and a drinks breaks in both half, the Fijian striker made the distinction in a 1-Zero victory for the brand new ATK Mohun Bagan mix.

 

Krishna broke the impasse seven minutes after an hour of soccer throughout which neither workforce actually managed to grab management. In area on the left, substitute Manvir Singh scooped the ball again in direction of the field for Javi Hernandez and the interception was tousled by Kerala Blasters defenders with Vicente Gomez Umpierrez and Sergio Cidoncha clashing with one another. The free ball was pounced on by an unmarked Krishna, who ran in a number of steps and fired with from his left foot, the shot swerving away from Kerala goalkeeper Albino Gomes.

It brightened the night for each ATK Mohun Bagan and Krishna, who noticed possibilities to dominate the match go abegging within the first half. Krishna had a pair, the primary when he failed to attach contained in the field from a corner-kick within the fourth minute and one other half an hour later, his shot crusing over from simply exterior the field.

While ATK Mohun Bagan gave the impression to be making extra inroads within the first half, Kerala Blasters requested a number of questions of their very own to the opposition defence initially of the second earlier than Krishna’s strike made them pay for some poor ending.

“We got three points and that is important. It has not been a usual pre-season so credit to the team. Kerala couldn’t take their chances and we did,” stated Antonio Lopez Habas, ATK Mohun Bagan’s coach.