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ISL 2020-21: Mumbai City claw again to beat Kerala Blasters 2-1

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Image Source : TWITTER/MUMBAICITYFC Kerala saved urgent however Amrinder stood sturdy. 
Kerala Blasters squandered a lead as soon as once more to go down 1-2 to Mumbai City FC in an Indian Super League match on the GMC Stadium right here on Wednesday.
Adam Le Fondre’s 67th-minute penalty proved decisive after Bipin Singh (forty sixth) had earlier cancelled out Vicente Gomez first-half objective (twenty seventh) for the Kerala facet.

Kerala made three modifications as Bakary Kone, Prasanth Karuthadathkuni and Yondrembem Denechendra discovered locations in beginning XI, whereas for Sergio Lobera’s Mumbai, Adam Le Fondre, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy and Cy Goddard got a begin.
The first half was an thrilling affair full of loads of motion, together with a objective, missed probabilities, and a few goalkeeping heroics from each groups.
Raynier Fernandes got here shut within the eighth minute however his shot from exterior the field went simply over the bar.
Then it was Le Fondre who had top-of-the-line possibilities of the sport. In the eleventh minute, he dodged previous two Kerala defenders, however his shot from a narrow-angle beat each the keeper and the put up.
Le Fondre was handed one more likelihood when Hugo Boumous pounced on a free move, however the Englishman shot huge.While the strikers had been misfiring for Mumbai, their goalkeeper was at his greatest.

Amrinder Singh dived absolutely to disclaim Kone from scoring a header. He then denied Rahul KP from shut and pissed off Jordan Murray too. From the ensuing nook, Kerala took the lead.
Sahal Abdul Samad despatched in an ideal supply within the space the place Gomez obtained off his marker and headed in.
Kerala’s Albino Gomes was referred to as into motion when Bipin evaded a few opponents on the flank and crossed to Boumous, however his header was simply saved by the custodian.
The half-time discuss from Lobera appeared to have labored on his squad because the Islanders obtained again into the sport quickly after the restart.Le Fondre set Goddard on the suitable because the latter evaded a sort out from opponents and tried a shot.
However, it took a deflection and went in direction of Bipin on the far put up, who discovered the again of the web from a decent angle.
Kerala saved urgent however Amrinder stood sturdy. The keeper continued to frustrate their opponents as he denied Murray and Rahul as soon as once more. At the opposite finish, Mumbai had been awarded a penalty when Le Fondre was fouled within the field by Costa Nhamoinesu.
This time, Le Fondre did not make a mistake as he smashed the ball previous Albino. Mumbai managed to keep up their one-goal lead until the ultimate whistle to increase their lead on the high.