The point leaves the Blues on fifth position with 11 points from seven games. Sunil Chhetri's fourth goal in as many games seemed like doing the job for Bengaluru, before a harmless looking cross from Kamalpreet Singh looped into the BFC goal after a heavy deflection off Sandesh Jhingan.
With the regular centre-back pairing of John Johnson and Juan Gonzalez serving a suspension, Roca started the game with Salam Ranjan Singh and Jhingan who made a return from injury.
But Chhetri got his goal and Bengaluru, a much-deserved lead in the 53rd minute. Udanta Singh, after losing his marker with the kind of skill he brings to the table, sent in a cross that was headed away by the Minerva defence only to fall at the feet of Chhetri. The No.11's strike was placed perfectly beyond the reach of 'keeper Arnab Das Sarma to make it 1-0.
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Udanta, who was having a flawless game on the right, slid in the perfect pass only for Vineeth's slide to miss the ball by inches. The winger then had a chance of his own after being picked by a long diagonal pass from Chhetri. Udanta, chased the ball down, beat Arashpreet but put too much on his shot that flew over from an angle.
Bengaluru, chasing the win, came agonisingly close to finding an equaliser on five occasions but it wasn't to be as shots from Udanta, Mandar Rao Dessai and Chhetri would only sail high or be blocked away.
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