Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Chennaiyin FC beat Jamshedpur FC to knock them out of playoffs race

Chennaiyin FC broke into the top-six in the 2023-24 Indian Super League points table as they came from behind to beat Jamshedpur FC 2-1 on Thursday.

The Marina Machans now have 24 points from 20 games, two more than Bengaluru FC (22), who have played the same number of games.

Contrastingly, the winless streak for Jamshedpur FC has now extended to four games, and the team has slipped to the ninth spot in the points table with 21 points as many games in the season. Thus, the Khalid Jamil-coached team has crashed out of the contention from the playoffs race.

Interestingly, the game began on a positive note for the Red Miners, with their Japanese star Rei Tachikawa finding the back of the net 22 minutes into the game against the run of play.

The Chennaiyin FC duo of Rafael Crivellaro and Jordan Murray had teased the Jamshedpur FC goalkeeper TP Rehenesh with some sharp efforts prior to the Jamshedpur FC goal.

Rehenesh, making his 70th ISL appearance in Jamshedpur FC colours, the most by any player, did well to hold his guard and Tachikawa bore the fruits of the same by nodding home a cross by Muhammed Uvais from the left flank.

Crivellaro did not reduce his efforts in...

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