Vasco (Goa): Greg Stewart attacked sensational goals but Jamshedpur FC was finally played a 1-1 draw against Kerala Blasters, which was saved by the equalizer of Sahal Abdul Samad, in the Indian Super League match on Sunday.
Stewart scored an amazing goal from a free kick in the 14th minute but his strike was canceled by Samad who scored his third goal in the 27th minute.
Both teams seek the goal of winners but must be satisfied with each point in the end.
The result means Kerala Blaster is now in third place at a table with 13 points from eight matches while Jamshedpur is second, has the same number of points from eight matches but in front of goal scores.
Stewart showed the early signs of continuing purple patch with an extraordinary first touch to receive the ball on the edge of the box but the efforts of Scottish forward widened.
A few minutes later, the 31-year-old scored an extraordinary goal from a free kick after Boris Singh was hacked by HARMANJOT KHABRA on the left-left channel.
Featuring the highest order skills, Stewart arched the left footer around the Kerala wall to beat the guard all over and nest behind the net from the crossbar.
Kerala did not take a long time to equalize mostly because Spradwork Alvaro Vazquez when he reviled around Peter Hartley and then missed another white shirt to shoot on the goal, only for TP Rehenesh to dive low and made a good rescue but as far as Samal turned to rebound to Extend the score.
In part time, the two teams entered the break with the score level.
Immediately after restarting, Stewart took a yellow card for a challenge in Khabra and at the other end of the delicious chip Vazquez came from the crossbar after Hartley was not affected to clean the ball.
Both parties raise Ante and it ends to end things in the last half hour or more.
Vazquez forced Rehenesh in action with a low shot that came out for the corner while Jitendra Singh’s volley from outside the box took the deflection and went straight to the guard.