ISL 2017, Match 21: Jamshedpur FC vs FC Pune City, 5 Talking points
In a scrappy encounter, FC Pune City weren't at their fluent best, but managed to pick up a hard fought 1-0 win away at Jamshedpur FC becoming the first team to score against them.
The goal came in the first half and Pune braved an off-night for their forwards and a late sending off to hold on for the three points in the end.
Here's what stood out from the game:
#1 Jamshedpur's steely resolve is finally breached
Steve Coppell's Jamshedpur had shut out each of their opponents thus far in the tournament leaving their defence as the only one that was yet to concede a goal. That record was broken however on Sunday evening when FC Pune City took the lead through Adil Khan in the 30th minute.
It came off a free-kick; Marcelinho whipped a looping ball into the box that caught a Jamshedpur head before falling to Khan who had made a wonderful run around at the far post to drive it in.
The home side failed to pick up his run and it was a neat finish from the Pune midfielder.
That goal proved decisive in the end and it brought to an end Jamshedpur's clean sheet record and in turn their unbeaten run in the league.