MANJERI, Jan 15 : TRAU earned their first away win in the I-League this season, handing defending champions Gokulam Kerala their first home defeat in the process, at the on Sunday.
TRAU took hold of the match in the 57th minute with defender Manash Protim Gogoi’s goal. Tursunov floated the ball in from the left and the Gokulam defence did not know when Gogoi sneaked in at the far post to head the ball in.
Johnson owned the right wing with another brilliant run into the penalty area and beat Kithan with a powerful right-footer to make it 2-0. Gokulam’s foreigners Ramos, Kaka and Noor hardly made an impact today and that second goal should have put it beyond the home team’s reach .TRAU left-back Samte, who had an otherwise good day, made a terrible defensive error four minutes from time. He was too late to decide on a back pass to Bishorjit.
He got between Samte and Bishorjit, who was also late to reach out for the ball. It eventually fell for Zaman, who stood in front of an unmanned goal and halved the deficit. This victory took TRAU to 3rd on the table with 19 points in 11 games, while Gokulam Kerala dropped to 5th. (Agencies)
