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I think in the full season, we didn t have much luck. But I m still proud of the team for many reasons. The first is, the team showed character and we were at the same level in every single game. It did not matter who our opponent was. I think now for the 20,000th time I say that it was only in the Hyderabad game, especially in the second half, that we were not fantastic. We conceded goals that we could have avoided. We targeted to be in the top four and until the last game against Goa (2-2 draw). If we had won, mathematically we would have had the possibility to be in the top four. But also against NorthEast United (on account of late goals), we lost crucial points, he rued.
Lanzarote s addition has definitely strengthened the Chennaiyin side but his presence in the team will have no significance if they cannot finish the chances which the Spanish midfield creates.
Chennaiyin have missed the presence of a genuine number nine in their squad right from the beginning of the season. Laszlo has experiment every possible combination with his two foreign strikers Isma and Jakub Sylvestr but unfortunately, none of them are natural goal poachers.
Isma could have very well ended up scoring at least two goals if he was a bit more clinical in front of the goal but unfortunately, the Guinea-Bissau international, who has scored just one goal from open play this season, failed to take his chances.
Hero Indian Super League 2020-21: Bengaluru FC hold Chennaiyin to goalless draw
February 6, 2021
Bengaluru FC and Chennaiyin FC played out a 0-0 draw in Match 83 of Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL) 2020-21 at the Fatorda Stadium here yesterday.
The Marina Machans were the brighter side going forward and it was the heroics of the Blues (Bengaluru FC) goalkeeper that denied them a win.
The India international was the busier of the two goalkeepers and ensured his team stayed alive in the contest all through. Gurpreet was in the right place at the right time twice in the space of two minutes to first deny Chennaiyin midfielder Germanpreet Singh and then their Portuguese forward. The tall goalkeeper made 6 saves and also managed 6 punches and 3 clearances to deny the opposition attackers. His fourth clean sheet of the season ensures that Gurpreet now has most-clean sheets in Hero ISL 29.