: Durand Cup: Sivasakthi Narayanan, Alan Costa star as Bengaluru FC beat Mumbai City to win title #IndiaNEWS Sunil Chhetri-led Bengaluru FC were crowned champions of the Durand Cup on Sunday after beating

Durand Cup: Sivasakthi Narayanan, Alan Costa star as Bengaluru FC beat Mumbai City to win title #IndiaNEWS
Sunil Chhetri-led Bengaluru FC were crowned champions of the Durand Cup on Sunday after beating Mumbai City FC 2-1 at the Salt Lake Stadium, in Kolkata.Sivasakthi Narayanan (11’) opened the scoring for Bengaluru early before Apuia Ralte’s (30’) tap-in from close saw Mumbai draw level. But Alan Costa’s (61’) thumping header from a corner was enough to see Simon Grayson begin his reign as Bengaluru manager with a title.Grayson made two changes to the side that took on Hyderabad FC in the semifinal as Sivasakthi replaced Rohit Kumar, while Alan Costa started ahead of Parag Shrivas at the back. Des Buckingham recalled the services of Apuia, while Greg Stewart and Lallianzuala Chhangte continued in attack.Bengaluru started the stronger of the two outfits, and scored with what was their first chance of the game. Aleksandar Jovanovic, spotting Sivasakthi with a chance to run at the Islanders backline, lifted a punt over the top that Mourtada Fall missed. Sensing the opportunity, Sivasakthi continued his run and nudged the Senegalese defender out of the way, before lobbing a mature finish over Phurba Lachenpa to put his side in the lead.Grayson’s side attacked with intent down both flanks as Naorem Roshan Singh and Prabir Das stretched play at...Read more

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