Kochi: Kerala Blasters plunged to a hat-trick of defeats within the Indian Tremendous League as Mumbai Metropolis beat them 2-0 on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium right here on Friday.
Pereyra Diaz, on his first assembly along with his former membership, scored from a tap-in on 31 minutes after Mehtab Singh’s twenty first minute piledriver had silenced a loyal house crowd.
Diaz’s strike was aided by the Blasters’ failure to clear their traces, a trait that was seen of their two latest defeats. It was a easy end, in contrast to Singh’s vicious strike.
That Diaz apologised to the house assist that had as soon as cheered him on, with folded palms, was most likely the very best second to cherish for the Blasters’ devoted as a result of their very own gamers had failed to indicate the character to finish a two-match winless run.
Mehtab Singh drew first blood for Mumbai. Picture: ISL
Mumbai had issued just a few warnings within the early exchanges and the Blasters had merely been fortunate to get away.
The Blasters can argue that they have been courageous sufficient within the second half, simply not lucky. To an extent, they’d be proper. Luna hit the put up, and a minimum of a pair of free headers, one from Diamantakos and one other off Jeakson, went huge.
However by the point the Blasters had determined to get courageous on the ball, be aggressive off it, or just present up, they have been trailing 2-0 and all Mumbai needed to do was play good and get fortunate, which they did.
Individually, the Blasters have been spectacular, however collectively a failure. Rahul KP was like a firefly in pitch darkish, he livened up the Blasters’ evening with the occasional flicker of brilliance. In some sense, he was the one participant in yellow who appeared to be having fun with the event.
Rahul tormented younger Mumbai left-back Sanjeev Stalin all through the match. The Kerala winger pulled plenty of tips — the rainbow, a pullback, a roulette too — that enthralled the followers at finest. However Rahul’s present of ability wasn’t sufficient to fabricate objectives and that in the long run made the entire distinction.
Mumbai Metropolis have moved into second place within the factors desk with eight factors whereas the Blasters keep ninth.
Blasters will subsequent play NorthEast United in Guwahati on November 5.