ISL 2015: Mumbai City FC 0-0 FC Pune City: 5 talking points

FC Pune City did well to hold their arch-rivals Mumbai FC in a dull goalless encounter. However, was a Diwali gift for the FC Pune City as Mumbai who dominated the proceedings failed to make use of their home turf, at the at the D Y Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, on Friday. Pune are now on equal terms on top with FC Goa with 15 points, while despite one point the Nicolas Anelka led side, Mumbai are stationed in the place sixth place with 12 points. It's not the best situation for Mumbai City FC but they have done better than their last campaign so far.Here are the 5 talking points from the game:All images in this slideshow are courtesy of the ISL.

#1 A mixed bag for Arindam

Arindam Bhattacharya looked shaky at the beginning of the game, particularly when his goal kick was well blocked by Subhash Singh, the Pune keeper was lucky Subash failed to find back of the net.

However, Arindam did make up for the blunder, when he came up against Kuttymani's volley from a hand shaking distance. The Karnataka midfielder Sampath Kuttymani, who came in as a substitute for Margao’s Brandon Fernandes, since the latter pulled up with a hamstring injury in the 24th minute of play, did well to control the ball after Anelka floated the ball from the right wing, but blasted the strike straight on to Arindam who managed to get his hands on it and deflect the ball for a corner.

It was by no means a goalkeeping masterclass but the FC Pune City goalkeeper found himself making more than one crucial contribution to the game. He could have been the villain, but eventually turned out to be a hero.