Image Source : @INDSUPERLEAGUE SCEB now have 12 factors from as many video games, whereas it was a setback for the two-time champions Marina Machans’ bid to climb into top-four
A resolute Debjit Majumder stood tall beneath the bar as SC East Bengal held off Chennaiyin FC to a goalless draw regardless of a numerical drawback of their ISL match on the GMC Stadium right here on Monday.
Majumder made a slew of saves to maintain CFC at bay for greater than an hour after the red-and-gold have been lowered to 10 gamers following Ajay Chhetri’s send-off within the first-half. They stretched their unbeaten run to seven matches.
SCEB now have 12 factors from as many video games, whereas it was a setback for the two-time champions Marina Machans’ bid to climb into top-four with a second successive win as they remained at sixth with 15 factors from 12 matches.
The Robbie Fowler’s facet have been lowered to 10 gamers simply after the half-hour mark after Chhetri was booked for a second yellow.
Chhetri was proven the primary yellow within the twenty second minute after bringing down Anirudh Thapa, one thing he repeated on the identical participant after 9 minutes to be despatched off.
But the previous champions didn’t make any depend of the numerical supremacy however Fowler’s facet regarded rather more defensively organised with Majumder placing up the Man-of-the-Match efficiency.
In the 54th minute, Majumder parried away a shot from Isma with a top-class save after which within the seventieth minute he got here off his line and saved his cool in a one-on-one scenario with the Bissau-Guinean centre ahead to clear the ball.
CFC saved making inroads however Majumder remained adamant and was not crushed even as soon as.
In the 84th minute, Chhangte obtained a go from Rahim Ali on the left facet of the field however Majumder thwarted it comfortably.
The 10-man SCEB had a possibility to take a shocking lead within the 51st minute however Anthony Pilknington went on to hit the facet web from a good angle in entrance of an open web of their greatest probability of the match.
CFC had a wonderful probability to take an early lead within the twenty third minute when Anirudh Thapa delivered the ball contained in the field from a freekick however Enes Sipovic’s header missed the goal by inches and sailed over the crossbar.
Earlier, Fowler rang in three adjustments from their final match with Pilkington taking part in as sole ahead in a 4-2-3-1 formation, as Chhetri and Surchandra Singh have been additionally included instead of Matti Steinmann, Harmanpreet Singh and Rana Gharami
Csaba Laszlo made one change to the lineup which defeated Odisha FC 2-1 of their final recreation with Edwin Vanspaul changing Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev.
