ISL 2018-19: Chhetri scores the winner in Bengaluru's 2-1 win over Goa

FC Goa sit atop the table despite the loss with 16 points from eight games while Bengaluru are one position with same number of points but from six games

9:28 PM

Minute 90+5 -- Manvir does well to skip past a few challenges andn pokes his shot at the goal which trickles off target 

9:27 PM

Minute 90+4 (SUBSTITUTION FOR BENGALURU) -- Chhetri is replaced by Rino

9:27 PM

Minute 90+3 -- Goa go so close! Boumouh gets inside and almost at the end of a fine low cross from the right but just misses the ball by a whisker in what should have necessrily been a tap-in

9:20 PM

Minute 90 -- Five minutes of injury time

9:19 PM

Minute 89 -- Chhetri gets the ball inside the box, turns and then shoots with his left foot. The shot is blocked but the ball falls back to Chhetri and he shoots again but Nawaz palms it and the shot hits the crossbar but falls kindly for Khabra who smashes it into the crowd

9:15 PM

Minute 86 -- Khabra rgets the ball just outside the box after a lapse from the Goan defence but he skies his effort

9:14 PM

Minute 85 (SUBSTITUTION FOR BENGALURU) -- Udanta out, Keane in

9:14 PM

Minute 85 (SUBSTITUTION FOR GOA) -- Jackichand out, Manvir in

 

9:12 PM

Minute 84 (DOUBLE SUBSTITUTION FOR GOA) -- Brandon out, Mandar in; Pena out, Bedia in

9:06 PM

Minute 77 (GOAL!!) -- Sunil Chhetri scores!! Makes it 1-2. Udanta delivers a fine cross from the right on to the far post where Chhetri, with a diving header, finishes it inside the far post to make it 2-1 for Bengaluru

9:03 PM

Minute 72 (GOAL!!)-- Goa score!! and it's off a deflection. Coro skips past a few players and plays the ball to the centre for Brandon whose shot takes a deflection off his teammate Jackie and rolls inside the net. 1-1. Ten men vs ten men. Game on! But the goal has been given to Brandon though.

8:59 PM

Minute 70 -- Nishu has the chance to double the lead after getting the ball on the left inside the box. After a slightly heavy first touch, he looks to chip the keeper but Nawaz stands tall and parrie it out to safety

8:57 PM

Minute 68 (SUBSTITUTION FOR BENGALURU) -- Chencho out, Semboi in

8:52 PM

Minute 64 -- A looping cross inside the Bengaluru box nearly findss Coro who was looming nearby but Bheke makes the clearance just in time

8:50 PM

Dimas takes out Boumous while the two men were challenging for the ball. The referee adjudged it was a straight red

8:48 PM

Minute 59 (RED CARD!!!) -- A straight red for Bengaluru's Dimas. And now both teams are down to 10-men.

8:45 PM

Minute 56 -- Udanta drives from the right and puts in a low cross inside the box but a desperate dive from Jahouh clears the danger

8:42 PM

Minute 54 (YELLOW CARD) -- Boumous picks up a yellow

8:39 PM

Minute 51 (YELLOW CARD) - Xisco is booked for the first time this season

8:38 PM

Minute 48 (RED CARD) -- Goa are reduced to 10 men! Ali is shown the second yellow card and things have just become mjuch much harder for Goa.

8:37 PM

Half-time report: A cheeky Rahul Bheke goal in the 34th minute gave Bengaluru FC a 1-0 lead at the half-time against FC Goa at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa. The home team started brightly, particularly with Jackichand on the right but failed to take their chances. Bheke made them pay for the misses when a miscued shot from Xisco fell kindly for Bheke at the left post who then pulled off a delicate flick to finish it off inside the goal.

8:18 PM

Half-time!!

8:17 PM

Minute 45 -- Two minutes of additional time

8:16 PM

Minute 45 -- What a miss!! The goalscorer Bheke finds the ball at the edge of the box, unchallenged, after a poor clearance by Goa defence but his Bheke's shot clips the crossbar and goes over! What a chance that was!

8:14 PM

Minute 43 -- Jackichand is released through on goal but the flag is up for offside. A close call although

8:07 PM

Minute 34 (GOAL!!) -- Xisco miscues another shot but the ball falls kindly for Rahul Bheke at the left post who pulls off a delicate flick to finish it off inside the goal and make it 1-0 in favour of Bengaluru

7:59 PM

Minute 28 -- Jahouh takes an extra bit of touch and it is enough for Chhetri to rob him off the possession. He drives forward on the left, but his left foot strike isn't powerful enough to trouble the goalkeeper

7:54 PM

Minute 21 -- Jahouh frees Seriton on the right who rushes towards the ball before a diving Sandhu smothers the ball and Seriton jumps over him

7:48 PM

Minute 16 -- Goa go on another attack and it ends with Jacki putting in a cross from the right straight at Sandhu who collects it greatfully

7:43 PM

Minute 11 -- Boumouh is denied from inside the box! Pena receives the ball inside the box from the left and plays it back for onrushing Boumouh who can just tap-in his effort but decides to go for power. Sandhu though makes a fine save to deny Boumouh