ISL 2022-23: ATKMB 1-0 BFC: Petratos magic sinks Bengaluru FC to another goalless defeat of the season

The
home
team
made
one
change
to
their
starting
XI,
with
Sunil
Chhetri
replacing
an
injured
Udanta
Singh.
ATK
Mohun
Bagan
made
two
chances,
bringing
in
Lenny
Rodrigues
and
Petratos
–
two
men
who
were
vital
to
the
final
result.

BFC
missed
an
early
chance

It
was
Bengaluru
FC
that
started
the
match
on
the
front
foot,
troubling
ATKMB’s
backline
with
a
high
press.
They
were
almost
instantly
rewarded
for
their
approach
in
the
5th
minute
when
Pritam
Kotal
was
pressed
during
a
goal
kick
and
passed
the
ball
straight
into
the
path
of
a
rushing
Javi
Hernandez,
who
found
himself
one-on-one
with
Vishal
Kaith
but
only
hit
it
into
the
goalkeeper’s
body.

ATK
Mohun
Bagan
only
got
into
the
game
after
the
30-minute
mark,
but
in
a
cagey
first
half
full
of
sturdy
tackles,
they
found
no
rhythm
to
turn
their
comfort
into
a
shot
on
target.
Their
best
chance
came
from
a
Subhasish
Bose
cross
from
the
left
which
caught
Bengaluru
FC
off
guard
and
allowed
Liston
Colaco
to
get
his
head
on
the
ball
on
the
far
post,
albeit
with
no
control
on
it.

Magic
moment
in
66th
minute
for
ATKMB

But
they
produced
a
moment
of
magic
in
the
66th
minute,
when
Bengaluru
FC
were
sloppy
in
possession.
Ashique
Kuruniyan
stole
the
ball
from
Suresh
Wangjam
and
nudged
it
to
Hugo
Boumous.
He
teed
it
up
for
Petratos,
who
picked
the
ball
up
on
the
turn
and
unleashed
a
powerful
curling
shot
from
outside
the
box
to
beat
Gurpreet
Singh
Sandhu
comprehensively
to
his
left.

Bengaluru
squandered
chances

More
mistakes
at
the
back
were
left
in
the
game,
as
a
poor
pass
from
the
back
allowed
Roy
Krishna
a
free
run
at
the
goal
in
the
69th
minute.
The
striker
tried
to
get
a
low
shot
in
but
couldn’t
get
it
on
target.
In
the
85th
minute,
Bengaluru
FC
got
a
chance
to
level
the
game
when
a
deft
touch
in
a
crowded
area
from
Hernandez
found
substitute
Sivasakti
unmarked
at
the
edge
of
the
box.

The
forward’s
first
touch
took
the
ball
away
from
him
and
he
could
only
poke
it
into
the
crossbar.
That
was
to
be
the
last
substantial
effort
from
the
home
team,
who
have
now
lost
to
both
Kolkata
clubs
at
home
this
season.

ISL
Team
Standings

The
win
keeps
ATK
Mohun
Bagan
in
4th
place
with
16
points,
two
behind
third-placed
Odisha
FC.
They
host
Jamshedpur
FC
next
on
December
8.
Bengaluru
FC
stay
in
9th
place
with
seven
points.
They
travel
to
face
Kerala
Blasters
on
December
11.

Key
stats:

Dimitri
Petratos’ goal
was
ATKMB’s
only
shot
on
target
on
the
night.

Roy
Krishna
took
three
shots
and
got
none
of
them
on
target.

Lenny
Rodrigues
attempted
13
tackles,
the
most
by
anyone
on
the
night,
and
had
a
passing
accuracy
of
94%.

(ISL
Media)