Pune: Former Turkish international Tuncay&nbsp;Sanli continued his good form as his powerful header in the&nbsp;72nd minute enabled FC Pune City register a thrilling 3-2&nbsp;victory over Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League&nbsp;football tournament, here today.&nbsp;
For the winners, the other two goals were scored by&nbsp;Nigerian striker Kalu Uche in the 16th and 23rd minute while&nbsp;Mohammed Rafi struck for the losing side in the 1st and 30th&nbsp;minute.
The win took David Platt coached Pune City past&nbsp;Chennaiyin FC as they are now on top of the eight-team league&nbsp;table with 12 points from six games with their fourth win.
The Sachin Tendulkar co-owned Blasters are languishing at&nbsp;the bottom of the table with four points from six games having&nbsp;lost their fourth match.
It was perhaps the most entertaining match in the&nbsp;tournament, where the standard of football has not exactly&nbsp;been great.&nbsp;
The fortunes swung like a pendulum from the very first&nbsp;minute when Kerala striker Rafi scored his 3rd goal of the&nbsp;season just after kick off in the very first minute.
With Chris Dagnell essaying a neat cross from the wide&nbsp;right, Rafi positioned himself to perfection as he got the&nbsp;visitors lead in the opening minute of the match.
However in the 16th minute, it was Pune, who got the&nbsp;equaliser as their left winger Nicky Shorey had a dream match&nbsp;and was the architect in all three assists that got them the&nbsp;goals.
Shorey floated one from the left with Uche heading home&nbsp;as former India stopper Gourmangi Singh not in his position.
Within seven minutes, Pune made it 2-1 courtesy&nbsp;Shorey-Uche combine. It was Shorey, who weaved past a couple&nbsp;of Blasters men before unleashing a oerfect assist which the&nbsp;Nigerian tapped home from close range.
But Pune's joy was shortlived as Rafi got his fourth goal&nbsp;of the tournament, when Rafi headed him at stroke of half an&nbsp;hour as his nod first hit the right post and then trickled&nbsp;down towards left before entering.
The teams went into the break with scoreline reading 2-2.&nbsp;
The winner by Tuncay, came in the 72nd minute when Shorey&nbsp;again went down wide left to essay a cross which saw the&nbsp;former Fenerbahce and Middlesbrough striker outjump his marker&nbsp;to perfectly nod home.

Former Turkish international Tuncay&nbsp;Sanli continued his good form as his powerful header in the&nbsp;72nd minute enabled FC Pune City register a thrilling 3-2&nbsp;victory over Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League&nbsp;football tournament

ISL 2: Pune City beat Kerala Blasters 3-2, move to top of the table

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