ISL 2021-22, Chennaiyin FC 2-4 Bengaluru FC Highlights: BFC makes a brilliant comeback to secure comprehensive win😉

ISL 2021-22 Chennaiyin FC vs Bengaluru FC: Bengaluru Win 4-2

ISL 2021-22  Chennaiyin FC vs Bengaluru FC: Pratik Chowdhary and Udanta Singh score to put Bengaluru FC in the lead again. Score:- CFC 2-4 BFC

ISL 2021-22 Chennaiyin FC vs Bengaluru FC: Pratik Chowdhary scores off another Kaith howler. Udanta Singh puts Bengaluru Fc in the lead again. Now Gurpreet has a brain fade moment as Rahim Ali’s shot goes through his legs. A absolute embarrassment from Chennaiyin keeper Vishal Kaith and the ball takes Alan Costa’s shoulder and goes for the goal.

FT: Chennaiyin FC 2-4 Bengaluru FC

FULL TIME! A day of goalkeeping howlers as Bengaluru FC beat Chennaiyin FC 2-1 to win only their second game of the season. Cleiton Silva, Alan Costa, Udanta Singh and Pratik Chowdhary scored to lead Bengaluru to the victory. Mirlan Murzaev and Rahim Ali scored Chennaiyin’s goals. Chennaiyin’s Vishal Kaith made two howlers to sink Chennaiyin’s ship.

Coach Speak - Marco Pezzaiuoli, Bengaluru FC

THE CLEAN SHEET WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN THE LAST GAME BECAUSE IT GIVES US A BIT OF CONFIDENCE.

Coach Speak - Bozidar Bandovic, Chennaiyin FC

WE ARE A NEW TEAM IN A NEW PROCESS SO I WANT MY TEAM TO BE STABLE. IN THESE SEVEN GAMES, MY TEAM HAS SHOWN STABILITY, DISCIPLINE AND ORGANISATION ON THE FIELD.

Crivellaro Ruled Out

Rafael Crivellaro has been ruled out of the ongoing ISL season.

Bengaluru FC Starting XI

Here is how Bengaluru FC line up: Gurpreet Sandhu (GK) (C), Alan Costa, Bruno Silva, Jayesh Rane, Suresh Wangjam, Prince Ibara, Ajith Kamaraj, Ashique Kuruniyan, Cleiton Silva, Parag Shrivas, Roshan Naorem. Substitutes: Lara Sharma, Pratik Chowdhary, Iman Basafa, Danish Farooq, Rohit Kumar, Damaitphang Lyngdoh, Sunil Chhetri, Udanta Singh, Siva Narayanan.

Chennaiyin FC Starting XI

Here is how Chennaiyin FC line-up: Vishal Kaith (GK), Reagan Singh, Rahim Ali, Anirudh Thapa (C), Ariel Borysiuk, Mirlan Murzaev, Jerry Lalrinzuala, Narayan Das, Slavko Damjanovic, Germanpreet Singh, Vladimir Koman. Substitutes: Debjit Majumder, Deepak Devrani, Balaji Ganesan, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Edwin Vanspaul, Suhail Pasha, Jonhson Mathews, Jobby Justin, Lucasz.

ISL 2021-22 - CFC vs BFC

Cleiton Silva converts from the spot after Bengaluru FC get a penalty for a Jerry handball. Milan Murzaev puts Chennaiyin FC in the lead in the fourth minute. For the third straight game in a row, Sunil Chhetri starts on the bench.

Chennaiyin FC will look to bounce back from defeat while Bengaluru FC eyeing first win in their last five matches as they face each other at the Tilak Maidan in Vasco, Goa in the Indian Super League match No.45.

Form Guide

Chennaiyin FC

The Marina Machans have registered just one win in their last five matches as they sit sixth in the league table with 11 points. A win against Bengaluru FC takes them up to the second position in the league standings.

Bengaluru FC

The Blues have been winless in their last seven games, with their last win coming in their season opener against NorthEast United FC. Marco Pezzaiuoli’s side sit tenth in the league standings with six points.

Head-To-Head

The two sides have met on nine separate occasions with Bengaluru FC having the edge, winning four times whilst Chennaiyin FC have won the encounter thrice as the remaining two encounters ended in draws. Notably, Chennaiyin FC’s last win against Bengaluru FC came in the 2018-19 season when they won 2-1.

The two sides also faced off in the Hero ISL 2017-18 final where Chennaiyin FC emerged 2-1 winners in Bengaluru FC’s backyard to win their second title.

Team News

Chennaiyin FC will be without midfielder Rafael Crivellaro due to his muscle injury.

In the Bengaluru FC camp, forwards Leon Augustine and Harmanpreet Singh are ruled out of action whereas Udanta Singh is doubtful due to soreness, and defender Yrondu Musavu-King has picked up a minor injury in the training.

Chelsea's wing-back woes leave title hopes in tatters

Chelsea

Romelu Lukaku looked gobsmacked as the final whistle blew at Stamford Bridge. After starring in the Boxing Day victory at Aston Villa, the Belgian had proclaimed Chelsea "the hunters" in this season's title race, arguing that "every game now is like a final".

A 1-1 draw at home to Brighton, then, felt like a fatal blow to the Blues' hopes of overhauling Manchester City at the top of the table.

Having already lost Ben Chilwell for the rest of the season, the Blues saw Reece James forced off in a damaging 1-1 draw with Brighton

Romelu Lukaku looked gobsmacked as the final whistle blew at Stamford Bridge. After starring in the Boxing Day victory at Aston Villa, the Belgian had proclaimed Chelsea "the hunters" in this season's title race, arguing that "every game now is like a final".

A 1-1 draw at home to Brighton, then, felt like a fatal blow to the Blues' hopes of overhauling Manchester City at the top of the table.

Lukaku himself had opened the scoring in West London, meaning he had struck in consecutive Premier League games for the first time since March 2019, when he was still playing for Manchester United.

But it wasn't enough to earn his side three badly needed points, as Danny Welbeck's 92nd-minute header from Marc Cucurella's cross earned Brighton a fully deserved share of the spoils.

In Chelsea's defence, they gave their all. It just wasn't enough. Their squad has been struggling with illness and injury for the past few months, resulting in a patchy run of form.

And their misfortune continued against Brighton. Indeed, the match, and arguably the league title, began to slip away after Reece James was forced off during the first half with a suspected hamstring problem.

It was perhaps unsurprising that his body broke down. After all, he had been asked to play on the left, instead of his usual right side, in order to give a rest to Marcos Alonso, who has been filling in for the injured Ben Chilwell.