Mumbai City stay unbeaten with 2-0 win over Blasters

KOCHI, Oct 28: Mumbai City FC continued their unbeaten streak with a 2-0 victory over Kerala Blasters in an Indian Super League (ISL) match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Friday.
First-half goals from Mehtab Singh and Jorge Diaz were enough to secure all three points for the Islanders. Kerala Blasters lost their third consecutive game after winning the ISL opener earlier this month.
The hosts made two changes to the side that lost in Bhubaneswar last week. Ruivah Hormipam was replaced by Victor Mongil. Up front, Ivan Kaliuzhnyi dropped to the bench as Rahul Kannoly Praveen took his place in the starting line-up.
Mumbai City made just one change to their line-up — Diaz returned to the starting eleven as Alberto Noguera dropped to the bench.
The Islanders took the lead after 21 minutes. The hosts failed to clear a corner as the ball bounced off a couple of Blasters’ players before coming to Mehtab Singh who smashed it into the back of the net.
Ten minutes later, poor defending from Marko Leskovic allowed Diaz to go one-on-one with the keeper. The Argentine kept his composure before scoring against his former club as the visitors doubled their advantage.
The goal came a minute after Mongil had denied Lallianzuala Chhangte with a brilliant last-ditch tackle.
The win took Mumbai City to second on the points table with two wins and two draws after four games in the ISL. They are one point behind leaders Odisha FC. (PTI)