East Bengal FC gamers rejoice after beating Bengaluru Football Club in the Indian Super Legue(ISL) 2023-24 match at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, in Kolkata, Sunday, April 7, 2024.
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East Bengal preserved its successful kind at the expense of Bengaluru FC, which it downed 2-1 in a matchweek-21 fixture of the ISL-10 at the Salt Lake Stadium right here on Sunday to accumulate the full quota of factors. Saul Crespo acquired the lead from a penalty in the first half whereas Cleiton Silva produced the winner late in the second half for East Bengal. Sunil Chhetri, who got here in as a second-half substitute, scored the solely Bengaluru objective from a penalty.
Having overwhelmed Kerala Blasters in its earlier outing, East Bengal tallied 24 factors from 21 matches to climb to the sixth spot dislodging Chennaiyin FC (additionally on 24 from 20 matches) on a greater objective common. Bengaluru, which stayed on 22 from 21, noticed its play-off probabilities evaporating after the loss.
Bengaluru put in additional laborious work however East Bengal loved the benefit by discovering the solely objective of the opening half. The home aspect discovered the lead off a 19th minute penalty conversion after Bengaluru defender Fanai tackled the East Bengal winger Mahesh Singh from behind inside personal field. Saul Crespo got here up to rating from the spot and East Bengal maintained the lead until break because it succeeded in denying the aggressive opponent some good scoring probabilities.
Bengaluru levelled the problem off a penalty at the hour mark, which it earned thanks to some good work in the East Bengal field by Chhetri. The Indian captain scored from the spot to get his 61st ISL objective however his effort was nixed by the East Bengal captain Cleiton Silva who nodded home an inch-perfect cross from Nishu Kumar in the 73rd minute to safe the factors for East Bengal.
The consequence:
East Bengal 2 (Crespo 19-pen, Silva 73) bt Bengaluru FC 1 (Chhetri 60-pen)