Chennai, Oct 14: Chennaiyin FC and Bengaluru FC played out a 1-1 draw in their Indian Super League match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Friday.
Roy Krishna scored inside five minutes to give the Blues an early advantage but Prasanth Karuthadathkuni scored at the stroke of half-time to restore parity.
The Marina Machans finished the game with 10 men after goalkeeper Debjit Majumder was sent-off late.
It did not take long for the first goal as Roy Krishna silenced the stands of the Marina Arena in the fourth minute. From the right flank, Siva Narayanan sent a cross into the box. Krishna nestled the ball in with a header.
But from there on, it was the home team that took control of the game for large part of the game. Five minutes from half-time, Jiteshwor Singh swung in a perfectly weighted ball into the Bengaluru box from the right side but Sliskovic’s header was brilliantly saved at point-blank range by Gurpreet Sandhu.
The pressure paid off in the final minute of first-half stoppage time. Sliskovic beat his marker and put Karuthadathkuni through on goal. The former Kerala Blasters man beat the offside trap and made no mistake in putting the ball past Sandhu.
Four minutes into the second half, Jiteshwor found Sliskovic with a well-timed through-ball, but his shot was saved by Sandhu.
In the 79th minute, substitutes Ninthoinganba Meetel and Kwame Karikari combined and almost gave the hosts the lead but Karikari’s strike was saved by Sandhu.
Eight minutes from time, Chennaiyin FC were reduced to 10 after Debjit Majumder took Krishna out outside the box and received a red card.(PTI)
