If you want to be in the top four, we have to win the remaining games and this is not too much. We have five finals and this is what we are working towards. I hope that we can showcase not just good football but also that we can score goals. We created so many chances but we didn t score. I hope that we have more luck against Bengaluru, he added.
Laszlo hopes that Manuel Lanzarote, the replacement for injured Rafael Crivellaro who is back in Brazil, will boost the attack. Lanza was in India for a couple of years. He s a good player and he knows the Indian [Super] League. He s a player who can make a difference and I hope he can help us bring back the creativity in the midfield.
Hero Indian Super League 2020-21: Mohun Bagan edge past Chennaiyin in injury-time
January 22, 2021
Mohun Bagan secured three points after a 1-0 win over Chennaiyin FC at the Fatorda Stadium yesterday. David Williams scored the only goal of the game in second-half stoppage time.
Mohun Bagan had a big chance to go ahead in the 39th minute when a cross from the left found Krishna in the box, but the Fijian’s header sailed over the crossbar. Memo Moura also took a shot from range for Chennaiyin just before halftime. His effort though was deflected behind for a corner, which was defended safely as the teams went into the break with the match goalless.
Chennaiyin wasted a flurry of chances in their 1-2 loss against Mumbai City and held ATK Mohun Bagan to a 0-0 draw. Naturally, their goal-scoring has been the biggest concern for Laszlo. I don t want to say that we created the most chances in the league but somehow we didn t score enough goals. If you don t score goals, it s very difficult to win games. You cannot always only defend and expect to be without mistakes at the back. We are organised at the back but I wish we score the chances that we create, he stressed.
Chennaiyin have also conceded fair amount of goals from set-pieces and they currently occupy the eighth spot with 11 points from 10 games.
When you have these double-headers, sometimes you change your tactics but we have to also look at the freshness of the players, the injuries and we also have a suspension with Jacob (Tratt), he added.
While Odisha put in their best performance in a 4-2 win over Kerala Blasters just before their goalless draw against Chennaiyin, Baxter feels that his team have been performing well without reward in most of their games so far. If I look at the ATK [Mohun Bagan] performance (1-0 loss), I think we could have easily won that game. So I don t see, just because we (recently) got a win, that our performance has got a huge step forward. When we played Bengaluru (2-1 loss), we were very close to beating them. The same with NorthEast [United] (2-2 draw). The performances against Mumbai [City] (2-0 loss) and Goa (1-0 loss) were substandard but apart from that, I think we have shown in every game that we have been competitive, he claimed.
Hero Indian Super League 2020-21: Chennaiyin FC secures hard-fought 2-1 victory over Goa
December 20, 2020
Chennaiyin FC secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over FC Goa in Hero ISL 2020-21 at Fatorda Stadium here yesterday. Early goals in either half set up the victory for the Marina Machans as the Gaurs were unable to make their chances pay and succumbed to a second consecutive loss.
In what was a riveting start to the game, Chennaiyin came close to opening the scoring first. Anirudh Thapa controlled the ball on his chest in the opponents’ box and played it to Jakub Sylvestr but the shot was blocked by Gaurs goalkeeper Mohammad Nawaz.