Fight for all three factors: East Bengal’s victory moved it to eighth with 18 factors from 16 outings.
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East Bengal picked up its fourth win by downing Chennaiyin FC by a solitary purpose within the Indian Super League on the Salt Lake Stadium right here on Monday.
Nandhakumar Sekar got here to the group’s help as soon as once more as he discovered the online halfway by the second half to safe the total quota of factors for EBFC, which tallied 18 factors from 16 matches to transfer to the eight spot within the present standings.
Chennaiyin FC remained on 15 factors after its sixteenth outing of the event.
Needing a win to stay within the contest for a top-six place and maintain the potential of reaching the knock-out stage open, EBFC appeared to be dropping its plot towards a extra organised CFC within the first half. The customer created extra openings within the first half however its attackers Rahim Ali, Jordan Murray, and Farukh Choudhary, who shared just a few good probabilities, couldn’t convert them.
EBFC coach Carlos Cuadrat tried to alter the state of affairs after the break by introducing three modifications and that bought the host again within the recreation as one of many substitutes P.V. Vishnu offered the impetus to launch efficient assaults.
Keeping on the momentum, Nandhakumar lastly bought the break within the sixty fifth minute when he bought on the finish of an extended cross from the left and responded with a strong grounder that took a deflection off Chennaiyin defender Bikash Yumnam to discover its approach in.
The consequence:
East Bengal FC 1 (Nandhakumar 65) bt Chennaiyin FC 0.
