ISL 2019-20: Bengaluru FC Vs Mumbai City FC Live Commentary

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                                                                                                2-3                                                              57' Mato (OG)           11' Subhasish                                                              89' Chhetri                 78' Diego Carlos                                                                                                      93' Rowllin Borges FULL TIME here in Bengaluru and we have a winner after relentless work put in by both sides. Mumbai City walk home with all three points and have ended the Blues' unbeaten streak this season. Jorge Costa leaves a happy man after all the drama that he had to witness. Cuadrat's side has a lot to work on now that they have faced their first heartbreak at the hands of Mumbai. The Islanders had the upper hand right from the start of the game and rightly walk home with all three points from this encounter. Bengaluru FC looked shaky in attack and capitalized on Mumbai's mistakes to add to the scoreline. The night ends in delight for the visitors who put an end to a run of draws and finally grab a victory. The hosts came back from a goal down twice but lost it in the final moments of the game. 90+4' Paartalu looks to find Dimas Delgado's cross into the box, Amrinder grabs onto the loose ball and holds it together in safe hands. IT'S FULL TIME!!! 90+3' Late Drama and GOAL!!! Rowllin pulls one back for the visitors in the dying minutes. 90+1' Mumbai City and Bengaluru FC exchanging attack after attack looking to find the difference. 90' FOUR minutes added time. 89' GOAL!!! Chhetri steps up to fire it past Amrinder to restore the deficit. 87' Penalty for Bengaluru FC!!! Chettri's header strikes Golui's stretched out arm. 84' Bengaluru FC pushing all of their defenders up front to attack and find a goal. The Islanders have done well to keep all of them at bay. 82' Bengaluru FC find no space in attack as Mumbai have made it absolutely compact for them to breach their defence. 80' Substitution for Bengaluru FC, Lyndoh comes in for Ashique. Substitution for Mumbai City, Serge comes on for Chermiti. 76' GOAL for Mumbai City!!! Diego Carlos finds himself in good space in the box and heads it past Sandhu to give the visitors the lead. 74' Mumbai City have been having the better of the game so far and have utilized more chances in their final third than the hosts. 71' Substitution for Bengaluru FC, Semboi comes in for Khabra. Substitution for Mumbai City FC, Sougou comes off for Diego. 70' With just twenty minutes left to play, the game could go either way as both sides are looking forward to edge other and battle it out until the last kick of the game. 66' Mumbai City are looking to slow down the pace of the game as Bengaluru FC surge forward to find the lead. 63' Chermiti and Sougou set up a beautiful flick and move inside the box but is ruled offside. 62'Substitution for Mumbai City FC, Bipin Singh is replaced by Raynier. 57' GOAL!!! Mato finds himself at the other end of Dimas Delagado's dipping cross and heads it into his own net. 55' Dimas Delgado's long range effort is kept out by Amrinder. Great strike from Dimas, tries to curl it into the post from far but is denied by Amrinder. 52' Dimas whipping crosses into box looking for heads to convert it into goals, but he finds nobody at the other end. 49' Bengaluru FC are pushing all of their players into attack already and clearly look to grab the equalizer and move on with the game. 46' Chhetri and Augusto work a combination of passes just outside the box, Augusto lays it off for Udanta who strikes it wide off the goal. 46' Substitution for Bengaluru FC, Bheke comes on for Nishu Kumar. It's half time here in Bengaluru and the visitors walk into the break with the lead courtesy of former Bengaluru FC defender's early goal. It has been an absolutely action packed game with both sides having a go at each other right from the start. The Islanders managed to break through the Bengaluru defense and grab an all important goal but failed to add to it after Larbi's penalty was denied by Sandhu. The Blues have performed equally well but have been denied of chances in their final thirds and will look to work on that in the second half. Mumbai showed no signs of settling with the one goal lead and Jorge Costa's men would surely be aware of Bengaluru FC's strength and will look to add on to the lead and secure all three points. An intense second half awaits. 45+3' Gurpreet Singh Sandhu: NOT TODAY!!! The keeper denies Larbi and has everyone in the stadium ecstatic as they head into the break. 45+3' Penalty for Mumbai City FC. 45+2' Chermiti gets a yellow for striking Serran while vying for possession. Plenty of words exchanged between the duo as the referee intervenes. 45+1' Amrinder Singh gets into the book for time wasting. 45' Three minutes of additional time has been added. 43' The Mumbai City dugout is livid with the referee over a penalty decision. 42' Labri plays Sougou on the wings and returns into the box, strikes the ball just above the bar. 39' Mumbai City knocking on Bengaluru's door once again and look determined to grab another goal. 36' Sougou's down on the ground after a late challenge from Khabra clipped his foot. 33' Yellow for Rowllin for a hard tackle on Ashique. 31' The Islanders have given the Blues a tough time so far, the Bengaluru attackers have been strolling outside the Mumbai box looking for spaces to attack but haven't been given any freedom. 29' Khabra has been kept busy by Bipin Singh, the winger has absolutely owned the wing tonight and has been moving into spaces at his own will. 26' Sougou runs free from a great ball off his own half and strikes it on goal. Sandhu manages to push it out for a corner. 24' Paartalu sets up a beautiful ball for Udanta inside the box, the winger tries his best to keep it on target but fails to do so. 20' Yellow card for Sougou. Raphael Augusto showboating his skills yet again and Sougou clearly isn't a fan as he kicks him off his feet to earn the nights first booking. 18' Mumbai City have got the perfect start to earn three points on this night. But, they are in no mood to settle down with just a one goal lead as they are pressing high up the field. 16' Sougou seeks medical help as he's fallen on the ground after a clash with Nishu Kumar. 14' Action intensifies as Paartalu confronts Rowllin for striking the ball at Nishu when the latter was on the ground. 11' GOAL!!! Subhasish Bose gets into the other end of a brilliant cross and heads it past Sandhu. 9' Both sides have absolutely got into the game without wasting a single minute of play. 7' Great feet from Bipin Singh as he manages to hold the ball in the wings to whip out a cross only for Gurpreet to knock it out of danger. 4' Ashique leaves his marker for dead and runs himself into free space, his cross into the box is cleared by Mato just before Chhetri could get into the other end of it. 1' Action begins as Bengaluru FC win an early corner that is cleared into free space by the Mumbai defense. 1' Kick Off!!! 7:25 pm The players of both sides make their way into the pitch amidst sparkles and cheers, an interesting encounter awaits us. 7:20 pm The substitutes and backroom staff make their way to the sidelines as we await the players arrival to kick off this encounter. 7:15 pm A win will take the Blues top of the table, one point clear off FC Goa. Meanwhile a win would take Mumbai City closer to the top four. 7:10 pm Bengaluru FC have a very impressive defensive record this season and have conceded just two goals this season, Mumbai City FC have a rather poor defensive record having conceded thirteen goals so far. 7:05 pm Amine Chermiti has scored four goals this season and is Mumbai City FC's top scorer this season, Sunil Chhetri is Bengaluru FC's top scorer with three goals. 7:00 pm The last time Mumbai City FC played here at the Sree Kanteerava, ten man Mumbai City managed to hold Bengaluru FC to a 1-1 draw. The return leg saw them ending the Blues' eleven game unbeaten run. 6:50 pm Players of both sides have taken to the field to start off with their pre-match drills and workouts. 6:45 The Lineups are out! Bengaluru FC: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK), Nishu, Juanan, Serran, Khabra, Dimas, Paartalu, Augusto, Ashique, Chhetri, Udanta. Substitutes: Bheke, Lyngdoh, Rino, Semboi, Suresh Wangjam, Prabhsukhan, Edmund. Mumbai City FC: Amrinder Singh (GK), Subhasish, Golui, Mato, Pratik, Rowllin, Larbi, Machado, Bipin, Sougou, Chermiti. Substitutes: Sourav, Serge, Rafique, Raynier, Carlos, Ravi, Souvik. Welcome to ISL 2019-20 Bengaluru FC Vs Mumbai City FC live commentary of Khel Now, where we will bring you all the live action from Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. Bengaluru FC Vs Mumbai City FC Kick-Off: 7:30 PM IST To read the preview of the match. click here. To read the pre-match press conferences, click here and here. Carles Cuadrat feels the game against Mumbai City FC will be tough “They are still a very similar team to the one from last season and against them, we picked up only one point out of a possible six. While they have some changes to the squad, the core of the Mumbai team remains the same, which means that it will be a challenge,” he said. Jorge Costa feels his team is very different from last season “It will be a different game for sure. Last season we played here (Kanteerava Stadium), for most of the time with ten men and we performed well. Our team is different than last season and I’m waiting for a good game tomorrow. If we perform like last season, I will be happy and our target is to fight for three points,” he said.