Kerala Blasters FC 3-1 Mumbai City FC: Player Ratings as Alvaro Vazquez's double sinks Islanders

Mumbai City's Diego Mauricio celebrates scoring against Kerala Blasters. [Credits: ISL]

Mumbai City FC

Mohammad Nawaz - 5/10

Nawaz couldn't have done much about the first two goals but made an absolute howler for Vazquez's second by miskicking a risky back-pass. He pulled off an incredible save to deny Adrian Luna after that but the damage was already done.

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Mandar Rao Desai - 5.5/10

Desai hardly troubled the Kerala Blasters defense going forward. He made one clearance in defense before being substituted at half-time.

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Mehtab Singh - 6/10

Mehtab Singh put in a decent shift, making two clearances, a block and two tackles. He couldn't do much about any of the goals.

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Mourtada Fall - 6/10

Fall conceded a needless penalty to hand Kerala Blasters the initiative and also sent a dangerous back-pass to Nawaz for the third goal. Barring those two moments, he tried to hold Mumbai City together, recording four interceptions, three clearances and two tackles.

He also won 10 of his 13 aerial duels and should've scored from a Chhangte cross but disappointingly headed the ball over the bar.

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Rahul Bheke - 6/10

Bheke did a decent job on defense and was a non-factor going forward as the Kerala Blasters defense shut him down.

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Brad Inman - 6.5/10

Inman should've had a penalty in the first half and was Mumbai City's biggest threat from midfield. He laid out four key passes but his teammates couldn't convert them.

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Lalengmawia Ralte - 6/10

Ralte worked hard but was outnumbered at times, which reduced his impact on the game. He did well defensively, making four tackles and three clearances.

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Bipin Singh - 6/10

Bipin Singh was a threat in the first half but slowly faded away in the second period.

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Cassio Gabriel - 6/10

Gabriel had yet another below-par performance for Mumbai City FC. He did record one key pass but often made the wrong decision in promising areas and also botched a fairly easy clearance for Abdul Samad's goal.

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Lallianzuala Chhangte - 6/10

Chhangte tried hard and should've had an assist but Fall headed over from his free-kick. The Mumbai City winger recorded two key passes but his decision-making in the final third still needs some fine-tuning.

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Igor Angulo - 5/10

Angulo couldn't keep himself onside on numerous occasions. He was caught offside five times and was made to lament it along with a lack of service. The Mumbai City FC forward had no shots on target before being substituted.

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Substitutes

Vikram Pratap Singh - 6/10

Pratap Singh replaced Desai at half-time. He added energy and verve to the Mumbai City attack but lacked the final product.

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Diego Mauricio - 7/10

Mauricio came on for Angulo in the 67th minute. He won a fairly fortunate penalty and then converted it. He was a much bigger threat than Angulo.

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Raynier Fernandes - 6/10

Fernandes replaced Gabriel in the 84th minute. He attempted a couple of balls into the box but they didn't amount to much.