Chennaiyin FC beat NorthEast United
Reflexes
- Chennaiyin FC beat NorthEast United on Saturday
- Chennaiyin FC bounced back from the road to record an emphatic 2-1 win
- Chennaiyin jumped from seventh place to be among the top four teams in the points table.
Chennaiyin FC defeated NorthEast United on Saturday in an Indian Super League (ISL) football match. Chennaiyin FC came from behind to record an emphatic 2-1 victory. Laldanmawia Ralte gave NorthEast United the lead in the 35th minute.
At the same time, in the second half of the match, Ariel Borisyuk (52nd) and Vladimir Koman (58th) scored two goals in six minutes to give Chennaiyin the lead, which lasted until the end of the match. With this victory, former champions Chennaiyin have jumped from seventh place to be among the top four teams in the points table. Coach Bozidar Bandovic’s team has risen to third place with 18 points from 12 games with a fifth win and three draws. At the same time, this was NorthEast United’s eighth defeat in 13 games. Coach Khalid Jameel’s team remains the worst team in the table with just nine points. Serbian defender Slavko Damjankovic from Chennaiyin received the ‘Hero of the Match’ award for his excellent defense in the match.
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