ISL 2021-22: Jamshedpur FC close in on semifinal spot after big win over Chennaiyin

Faheem Hussain/Focus Sports/ ISL

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Jamshedpur FC produced a brilliant performance as they beat Chennaiyin 4-1 in an Indian Super League tie at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Sunday.

Ritwik Das (23rd), Boris Singh (33rd) and Daniel Chima Chukwu (40th) got on the scoresheet before Deepak Devrani scored an own goal (46th) as Jamshedpur made it three wins on the spin to clinch 31 points from 16 matches. They are one point behind league leaders Hyderabad FC with a game in hand. For Chennaiyin, Nerijus Valskis (62nd) scored a consolation goal against his former side. They are eighth in the table with 20 points from 17 matches and are out of semifinal contention.

Jamshedpur bossed the game from the start with Boris warming Debjit Majumder's gloves early on with an effort from the right-wing. The first goal came via Greg Stewart's corner, which was headed back by Peter Hartley as Chennaiyin failed to clear their lines. Ritwik was on hand and the in-form midfielder guided the ball on the rise into the back of the net.

Three minutes after the cooling break, Boris made it 2-0 after Stewart darted inside the box to find him and it was an easy tap-in from close.

Chukwu then scored his fourth goal in five games. A poor goal kick from Debjit saw Eli Sabia ping the ball back in the attacking third for Chukwu to trap it nicely, drop his shoulder, turn to his left and tuck it into the left corner. He got another golden opportunity to double his tally just before halftime when the excellent Stewart put a nice through ball for him but the striker hit it straight at the keeper.

Just after the break, it was more misery for Chennaiyin as Devrani put the ball in his own net from a Stewart floater. There was some respite when Valskis turned in a long punt from Ariel Borysiuk which was initially saved by TP Rehenesh but only as far as Valskis who fired it in from close range.