ISL: Hernandez brace ends Bengaluru FC's winless run with victory over FC Goa

A Javi Hernandez brace ended Bengaluru FCs fivematch winless and fourmatch goalless run as they registered a 20 win against FC Goa in an Indian Super League ISL 202223 match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on SaturdayThe Blues also nabbed their first clean sheet since their season opener as they handed the Gaurs their first home defeat of the seasonBoth sides made a couple of changes to their lineups FC Goa midfielder Edu Bedia found himself on the bench as Princeton Rebello took his place in the starting XI The other change for the hosts included Noah Wail Sadaoui in the lineup as Redeem Tlang dropped to the bench Alan Costa and Bruno Silva were dropped to the bench for Bengaluru FC as Aleksandar Jovanovic and Prabir Das started the gameIn the opening couple of minutes FC Goa pushed forward with Alvaro Vazquez who sprinted into the box and got his shot away from a tight angle The ontarget effort was collected comfortably by Gurpreet Singh Sandhu who had his near post coveredJavi Hernandez broke the deadlock and ended Bengaluru FCs goal drought in the 27th minute Anwar Ali was closed down by Roy Krishna as he brought the ball out from the defence Krishna put Hernandez through on goal and the Spaniard calmly slotted it past Dheeraj Singh to give the Blues their first goal since Matchweek 2Also Read ISL Kerala Blasters end Hyderabad FCs unbeaten run with hardfought 10 winIn the 37th minute Gurpreet was at full stretch to push Vazquezs freekick away to safety At the other end in firsthalf stoppage time Dheeraj came darting out of the box towards the right flank and took Krishna out The FC Goa shotstopper only saw a yellow card for his foul on the Fijian strikerIn the second half FC Goa started on the front foot However it was Bengaluru FC who doubled their advantage in the 57th minute As the Gaurs swarmed forward the Blues broke on the counter with Udanta Singh who dinked it through to Hernandez The Spaniard entered the box rounded the keeper and calmly slotted the ball into an empty netTen minutes from time Krishna received a long ball from the defence and tried to chip it over the keeper The ball sailed over the keeper and was inches away from the far post At the other end in the next minute Ali rocketed one toward the topleft corner of the goal Gurpreet Singh produced a timely save as he got fingertips on it and put it behind for a cornerAfter the defeat FC Goa remained in the fourth spot three points behind Odisha FC in third while Bengaluru FC moved from tenth to eighth position three points behind Chennaiyin FCThe Gaurs next match will be a visit to Mumbai City FC on December 1 Meanwhile Bengaluru FC will return home to host ATK Mohun Bagan FC on December 3This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever