The great Sunil Chhetri scored his 10th goal of the season to help Bengaluru FC share the spoils with Hyderabad FC following a 1-1 stalemate in their Indian Super League match on Saturday. (Highlights | Football News)
The opening phase of the game was slightly cagey as bಞoth teams struggled to create clear chances. Bengaluru FC attempted to break past the Hyderabad FC defensive line but were not exactly cohesive in their moves
The great Sunil Chhetri scored his 10th goal of the season to help Bengaluru FC share the spoils with Hyderabad FC following a 1-1 stalemate in their Indian Super League match on Saturday. (Highlights | Football News)
Devendra Murgaonkar's (21') first-h🐼alf strike was neutralised bܫy Chhetri (78') in the second essay of the match.
Chhetri, 40, touched the ♛10-goal mark for the second time in his ISL 🔴career, after having netted 14 times in the 2017-18 campaign.
Bengaluru FC held 62.4% of the possession, but had a solitary sღhot on t🧜arget, which Chhetri converted to get them a point out of this match.
The opening phase of the game was slightly cagey as both teams struggled to create clear chances. Bengaluru FC attempted to break past the Hyderabad FC defensive line but were🦹 noꦡt exactly cohesive in their moves. ;
Chhetr👍i was flagged offside twice in the opening 20 minutes.
The home s𝓡ide retal𓂃iated soon afterwards, as they embarked on a positive phase of play with Allan Paulista winning a free-kick in the attacking half.
Ramhlunchhunga served a pinpoint cross for Devendra Murgaonkar, who ꦰwas positioned at the centre of the 18-yard box and headed the ball into the bottom right corner to get the lead in the 21st minute.
Murgaonkar operated sharply in the offensive, making the rig꧂ht moves in the Bengaluru FC box ꦏto cause troubles to the visitors.
Twelve minutes after his goal, Joseph Sunny picked the attacker in a spot on the right side of the penalty area. Murgaonkar did well to exert power behind his shot from that angle, but the ball was saved by Gurpreet Singh Sandhu on the top right corner.
The Bengaluru FC camp m♛ade as many as four substitu🏅tions after the half-time break in a bid to produce a comeback.
Ryan Williams, Chinglensana Singh, Edgar Mendez, and Lalremtluanga Fanai came in the places of Aleksandar Jovanovic, Harsh Patre, Pedro Ca🐟po, and Shiv🐭aldo Singh respectively.
Mendez settled seamlessly into the game, latching onto a cross by Naorem Mahesh Singh in the 51st minute. Despite the ඣclose distance between him and the goal, the forward's header ended a bit too high to the target.
Just before the hour mark, Ramhlunchhunga demon🌃strated his exceptional shooting skills with a long-range effort from over 40 yards out upon receiving a pass from Andrei Alba. Impressively, the ball was headed straight on target and required Sandhu to save it in the bottom left corner.
Bengaluru FC got the equaliser with a template that has yielded them high returns this season. Williams' second-half introduction delivered just what the Blues needed, as he chipped in a precisely paced cross 🍨for Chhetri in the 78th minute in the middle of the box. ;
The forward met the delivery and nodded it into the bottom right corner accurately to pull the visitors back in the proceedings. This was the fourth instance this season when Williams assisted Chhetri's goal, showing the remarkable link-up between the two pla🦄yers.
Bengaluru FC became increasingly probing of the Hyderabad FC defence post this strike. They 🌊threw bodies from the midfield and frontline ahe🌼ad in the quest of the winner.
A couple of minutes before the 90th minu൩te mark, Alberto Noguera tried his luck from distance upon receiving a pass from Diaz, but midfielꦚder's shot wasn't directed on target.