Chennaiyin FC failed to breach a resolute ATK Mohun Bagan defence, strongly guarded by goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya, to settle for a goalless draw in an Indian Super League match at the GMC Stadium, here on Tuesday. In an end-to-end action, there were chances aplenty by both the teams, but the deadlock prevailed and it was the Mariners goalkeeper, who stood out between the posts and ensured a sixth clean sheet from eight matches to be adjudged th Hero-of-the-Match.

The point from the draw meant that the Kolkata heavyweights (17 points, eight matches) surged past Mumbai City (16 from seven matches) to the top of the table with a one-point lead. It was a second successive draw by the Csaba Laszlo-led side as they once again squandered plenty of chances to settle in the seventh place with 10 points from eight matches. The moment of the evening came in the 79th minute when Bhattacharya put a powerful shot away from Reagan Singh from the right with a perfect dive to his right. Singh received the ball on the right flank and made a solo run towards the box to shoot the ball on target, which looked like a match-winning goal, but Bhattacharya managed to get his finger tips to parry the ball away.