Mumbai City FC continues their march for the League Shield trophy with their 13th victory of the season from 16 games and sets a new record for the longest unbeaten run in ISL history. Meanwhile, Jamshedpur FC continues to stay rooted in the 10th position in the ISL points table.
Boris Singh had put the hosts in front in the 63rd minute before Lallianzuala Chhangte and Vikram Singh turned the game on its head in the final ten minutes to seal a 2-1 victory for the visitors. The win extended the Islanders' lead at the top of the table to seven points.
The Blues are three points off sixth place but have played a game more. Meanwhile, the Marina Machans are five points off the final playoff spot that Odisha FC currently occupies.
Sensex closed the week's last session at 59,330.90 points, down 874.16 points or 1.45 per cent, whereas Nifty closed at 17,604.35 points, down 287.60 points or 1.61 per cent
This victory takes Caetano Pinho's men up to fourth on the table with 20 points from 14 matches, while Mohammedan Sporting are ninth with 16 points from 14
In their previous game in Kolkata, a rampant RoundGlass Punjab scored four past Mohammedan Sporting to end their unbeaten home run and go top of the table. To add to the joy of the Punjab fans, title rivals Sreenidi Deccan suffered a shock loss to relegation-battling Mumbai Kenkre on Monday.
BSE Sensex dropped below 59,800 level as it declined 479 points to 59,637.06 while NSE's Nifty 50 fell 141 points to 17,750.60 in morning trade on Friday.
The 12-minute salvo from Guarrotxena took his goal tally for the season into double figures and propelled the Spaniard to the top of the goalscoring charts. The result also struck a blow to East Bengal FC's playoff hopes, and they now find themselves ten points off sixth place with five game
A win for the Islanders will take them seven points clear of Hyderabad FC, who are not playing this week. As for the Red Miners, they have a chance to become the only team to remain unbeaten against Mumbai City FC this season.
The Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Annamalai once again reiterated that the 'Sethusamudram' project "fails" on multiple fronts, one of which is causing damage to the 'Ram Setu' bridge.
Aizawl, a strong home team themselves, are not in a comfortable position either. They are also coming off a 1-2 defeat to NEROCA. Right now, the People's Club are eighth on the table with 17 points from 13 matches, one point ahead of Thursday's rivals.