ISL 2018-19: Kerala Blasters 1-2 Bengaluru FC – 5 Talking Points

#3 Two wrong goals awarded

Slavisa Stojanovic converts a penalty which was wrongly awarded [Image: ISL]

A few days ago, Kerala Blasters’ official fan club, the Manjappada officially wrote to the All India Football Federation for the poor refereeing meted out against them.

Against FC Pune City a few days ago, Kerala were clearly denied a goal when Emiliano Alfaro handled the ball to prevent it from going inside. On Monday, Chhetri scored from a clear offside position. Even the Indian captain conceded after the match that he was offside but said the referee’s decision is final.

However, Kerala too got some luck with them when they were awarded the penalty. Nishu Kumar pushed Sahal Samad from the back and it didn’t look there was too much contact between the two players. The referee thought otherwise and didn’t waste time before pointing to the spot, much to the frustration of Albert Serran. Slavisa Stojanovic, who missed a penalty before, got the equaliser and brought Kerala on level terms.