ISL 2018: FC Pune City appoint Phil Brown as new head coach
Football | December 24, 2018 18:42 ISTBefore starting his managerial career in England in 1999, Brown played across England for clubs like Bolton Wanderers and Blackpool for over 18 years.
Before starting his managerial career in England in 1999, Brown played across England for clubs like Bolton Wanderers and Blackpool for over 18 years.
Ogbeche has now equalled Ferran Corominas' tally of eight goals in the race for the Golden Boot.
The win lifted Pune from the foot of the table into eighth position with five points from eight matches, while Jamshedpur tasted defeat for the first time.
Brazilian defender Vieira scored the winner in the 82nd minute to hand the Stallions their fifth loss from seven matches.
Semifinalists' in the previous edition, Pune City have suffered four losses from five matches. They have just two points and are placed at the bottom of the table.
Ashique Kuruniyan's early goal in the ninth minute gave Pune the lead but a strong second half from Chennaiyin allowed John Gregory's men to seal three points.
The result pulled Pune City, still without a win, off the bottom of the table temporarily while Kerala Blasters have moved up to the fifth spot with seven points from five games.
Ferran Corominas (5th and 35th) struck twice and goals from Hugo Boumous and Jackichand Singh gave the home side their third win.
With two minutes left in the tie, Pune City equalised after brilliant link-up play between Alfaro and Carlos.
The hosts will try to notch up a win in front of their home supporters at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Grassroots coach, Naresh Virnodkar has been handed the role as coach of the team as training for the league has begun at the Chowgule Sports Centre in Margao.
Popovic joined the club in September 2017 and made a lasting impression helping FC Pune City breach the top-four barrier, a first time in the club's four-year history.
Chhetri could have had another goal with a curler in 72nd minute, which was saved by a diving Kaith.
Going into the fourth season of Hero Indian Super League, FC Pune City had the dubious distinction of being one of two teams to have never qualified for the semifinals.
Even though the game meant little for FC Pune City, who had already qualified for the play-offs, both sides put on a display of some scintillating attacking football.
The resounding victory, which was also Goa's first clean sheet this season, lifted them to the sixth spot with 24 points under their belt while Pune remained one rung behind table-toppers Bengaluru FC.
Bengaluru, who have already qualified for the play-offs, are still table-toppers with 34 points after finding the net on 31 occasions in 16 matches.
It was Marcelinho who got the goal that Pune were hunting for all night and came when the visitors had pulled out their top scorer Emiliano Alfaro.
Pune City had registered a convincing 1-4 victory against the defending champions in Kolkata and many believed ATK would seek their revenge.
After the match, Pune FC topped the table with 16 points from nine matches, while Kerala were at the 8th position with eight points after as many matches.
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