Bengaluru FC’s hopes of securing playoffs qualification suffered every other blow as they have been held to a 1-1 draw by means of a resilient SC East Bengal within the Indian Tremendous League right here on Tuesday.
The outcome additionally prolonged SCEB’s winless run to 9 suits.
Semboi Haokip (twenty eighth) opened the scoring with a diving header till Sourav Das (OG fifty fifth) passed the equaliser to the opposition with an personal purpose on the Athletic Stadium.
In a nervy get started, SC East Bengal’s goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharja used to be proven an early yellow card for fouling Prince Ibara.
At the different finish, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu additionally had a rusty get started as he misjudged a free-kick from deep that went unpunished.
It took the 18th minute for all sides to create a significant scoring alternative when Lalrinliana Hnamte’s shot from the brink of the field used to be blocked by means of the BFC defence.
Roshan Naorem used to be proven a yellow card for a blouse pull and the following free-kick resulted in Semboi Haokip breaking the impasse simply prior to the 30 minutes mark. He scored with a diving header which gave no probability to the keeper.
Alan Costa just about scored the equaliser from Cleiton Silva’s free-kick a couple of moments later however his header went relatively over the bar.
Marco Pezzaiuoli’s males stored urgent for an equaliser however went into the halftime destroy trailing. The restart noticed the tactician ship Sunil Chhetri to switch the complexion of the fit.
The equaliser after all got here after a length of sustained drive by means of the Blues in the second one part. A move from the proper flank by means of Roshan used to be met by means of Sourav Das whose miscued header went previous his personal goalkeeper at the close to publish.
Ibara used to be a relentless danger and had the danger to offer BFC the benefit after the hour mark however his header went over the crossbar.
BFC used to be once more denied the lead on the 71st-minute mark after Chhetri’s strike from 10-yards out used to be cleared at the line by means of Hira Mondal.
The Blues piled on extra drive as change Ankit Mukherjee picked up a yellow card for a foul foul on Ashique Kuruniyan within the overdue phases of the fit.
Udanta Singh additionally took an try at purpose however he sliced around the ball which swerved clear of the objective.
5 mins have been added for stoppages however neither facet used to be ready to search out the profitable purpose as they settled for some extent every.
SC East Bengal might be subsequent in motion in opposition to leaders Mumbai Town FC on the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Friday, whilst Bengaluru FC additionally performs the Islanders of their subsequent task on the PJN Stadium on Monday.
