A late penalty taken by Yu Koboki was saved by Nauzet Garcia to ensure that the game ended in a 0-0 draw ...

League leaders Chennai City FC extended their unbeaten streak as Minerva Punjab’s Yu Kuboki misses from the spot in a goalless draw.

The hosts made one change to the lineup that defeated East Bengal with custodian Bhaskar Roy coming on for Arsh Saini. Mashoor Thangalakath replaced Pravitto Roy in Chennai City FC’s only change in the starting lineup.

The game was subject to a ragged start with both teams misplacing passes and failing to threaten the backlines. The first chance of the game came in the 14th minute when William Opoku shimmied into the box and tested the Chennai custodian with a shot. Nauzet Garcia did well to parry it away.

The hosts were slowing asserting themselves in the game and in the 36th minute, a brilliant sequence of play involving Lancine Toure and Philip Njoku ended with Yu Koboki chipping it just over.