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ISL 2014: Kerala Blasters and Mumbai City FC play out lacklustre goalless draw

Post the game, Mumbai lie on fourth spot with 12 points from eight games, while Kerala remain at sixth position, with nine points from eight encounters.

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Kerala Blasters couldn't cash in on home advantage, as they played out a goalless draw with Mumbai City FC, in an Indian Super League (ISL) match, at Kochi, on Wednesday.

The result meant that Mumbai were on fourth spot, with 12 points from eight games, while Kerala remained at sixth position, with nine points from eight encounters.

Egged on by the home crowd, Blasters should have logged home full points, but India's premier goalkeeper, Subrata Paul, came up with some good saves, to help the Ranbir Kapoor co-owned side leave with a point.

Paul, pulled off three saves for the 'Blue Brigade', including one in the eighth minute, which was out of the top drawer.

The match was into its eighth minute, when Kerala's Milagres Gonsalves, who got the ball on the wide left, essayed a cross for Nigerian Penn Orji. The former East Bengal playmaker, headed it on bounce, which Paul dived full length to block it.

From the rebound, Cedric Hengbart made another attempt which was again parried away by Paul.

In the 65th minute, Sabeeth kept a measured centre from the left side of the penalty box, and Paul showed great anticipation, as he tipped it over an emerging Milagres.

Paul's final save came during the dying moments of the match, when he again dived full-stretched, to deny Raphael Romey from heading it in, after Stephen Pearson had delivered an accurate cross.

Nicolas Anelka was not in his elements, although he essayed a defence splitting pass in the 50th minute, which was cleared by Kerala custodian David James.

The closest Mumbai came to scoring was in the 77th minute, when Anelka's cross was cleared by left-back Saumik Dey, outside the 6-yard box. Tiago's first-time shot came off the right vertical. 

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