Juanan fires Bengaluru to the top of ISL
Bengaluru FC extended their unbeaten run in the ongoing Hero Indian Super League to seven games with a narrow 1-0 win over Odisha FC at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here on Wednesday.
Centre-back Juanan (36th minute) scored his first goal of the season to secure Bengaluru's third win of the season and take them to the top of the table.
After seven matches, Carles Cuadrat's side has 13 points while Odisha are sixth with six points.
The teams were off the blocks in quick time and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was called into action within minutes.
Nandhakumar Sekar latched onto a pass from the deep, cut in from the left to shift the ball to his right foot and attempted a ferocious strike that looked destined for the bottom right corner but a vital fingertip save by the Bengaluru goalkeeper kept the shot out.
The teams missed chances to score as Jerry Mawihmingthanga shot wide from a corner and Sunil Chhetri failed to hit the target from an Udanta Singh cross.
With the contest ...