Jamshedpur, Dec 4: Dimitrios Diamantakos struck for the fourth time in as many games to give Kerala Blasters a narrow 1-0 win over Jamshedpur FC in a Indian Super League game here on Sunday.
The Red Miners will feel they could have been better as the Blasters nabbed four wins on the trot for the first time in their history.
The win sees Kerala Blasters remain fifth on the table, but they are now three points clear of FC Goa and just one behind ATK Mohun Bagan.
The hosts made four changes to the side that lost to East Bengal FC. Eli Sabia replaced Pratik Chaudhary in defence.
Farukh Choudhary, Ritwik Das, and 19-year-old Phijam Singh came into the midfield, replacing Sekh Sahil, Jitendra Singh, and Harry Sawyer.
The visitors fielded the same team that beat Hyderabad FC two weeks ago.
The game got off to a cagey start, but Blasters eventually took the lead in the 16th minute.
From a free kick, Adrian Luna lobbed the ball towards Diamantakos at the far post. Poor defending from Jamshedpur FC allowed the unmarked Greek striker to get on the end of it and carefully side-footed the ball home from close range.
Luna was menacing in midfield, but Jamshedpur FC were the ones that came very close to levelling the game in the 37th minute. (PTI)
