ISL 2018-19: Late Vieira goal gives ATK all three points against Pune City

The win sends ATK to the sixth position in the points table with 10 points from seven games while Pune sit at the bottom of the table with two points from seven games

9:24 PM

Full-time

9:24 PM

Minute 90+5 -- ATK attack again and Ricky fancies a shot from outside box but the half-blocked shot is comfortably collected by the goalkeeper

9:20 PM

Minute 90+1 -- Santos attacks down the left but is clipped from behind and earns ATK a free-kick

9:19 PM

Minute 90 -- Five minutes of injury time

9:18 PM

Minute 90 -- Pune attack down the left. Sahil puts in a cross insie the box but it's too deep and Adil has to make the run to keep the ball in play

9:17 PM

Minute 88 -- Vieira is down

9:12 PM

Minute 84 (SUBSTITUTION FOR PUNE) -- Diaz out, Adil in

9:12 PM

Minute 82 (GOAL!!) -- Gerson Vieira scores!! It's 1-0. And it's the Brazilian who has put the home team forward. Jayesh Rane puts in an inviting cross from inside the box to the centre and Vieira comes sprinting from the midfield to head it into the bottom left post. ATK 1-Pune 0

9:10 PM

Minute 81 (SUBSTITUTION FOR ATK) -- Balwant out, Hitesh Sharma in

9:08 PM

Minute 79 -- Pune in the attack. A nice cross is floated into the ATK box from the right where Nikhil jumps but mishits his header and the ball rolls out beyond the goal-kick

9:05 PM

Minute 76 (YELLOW CARD) -- Diaz booked

9:05 PM

Minute 76 -- Lanzarote whips in a free-kick that's deflected over the top. ATK get a corner from there and there's a scarmble inside the box as the goalkeeper fails to take control of the ball but the shot is blazed over

9:04 PM

Minute 75 (SUBSTITUTION FOR ATK) -- Thatal out, Rane in

9:03 PM

Minute 73 (SUBSTITUTION FOR ATK) -- Ankit in, Khongjee out

9:01 PM

Minute 72 -- Lanzarote stands over yet another free-kick and floats it into the mix but thekeeper does well to make the save and keep the ball in the play

9:00 PM

Minute 71 (YELLOW CARD) -- Pune's Sahil is booked

8:58 PM

Minute 69 -- Lanzarote slides a pass down the right for Khongjee who looks to cross it into the box but is dispossessed

8:55 PM

Minute 67 -- Pune attack and Robin drives a low shot but it rolls nicely for the goalkeeper who dives nonetheless while making the save

8:53 PM

Minute 64 -- Vieira lets one fly from some distance but it flies over the bar too

8:52 PM

Minute 64 (SUBSTITUTION FOR PUNE) -- Sarthak out, Ashutosh in

8:51 PM

Minute 63 -- Santos tries to turn and shoot from just outside the box but can't keep his effort down

8:50 PM

Minute 61 -- Pune go on a counter. Robin Singh goes down the left wing and pulls it back for Pujari inside the box who strikes it first time but the goalkeeper makes the save

8:49 PM

Minute 60 -- Thatal again does on a bolting run down the right and tries to cut in into the box before Diaz makes a sliding challenge to put the ball out for corner

8:47 PM

Minute 58 -- Thatal makes a good run on the right and puts in a good ball into the box that finds the head of one of his teammates whose header is parried. Lanzarote then finds a stray ball inside the box and pulls the trigger but can't get past the first defender who makes the block

8:42 PM

Minute 53 (SUBSTITUTION FOR PUNE) -- Halder comes in for George

8:42 PM

Minute 52 -- What a chance for ATK! A delicate ball over the top of the Pune defence and Santos comes agonosingly close to heading to it with only the goalkeeper to beat who makes the save

8:39 PM

Minute 51 -- Nikhil is released down the left wing and has the opportunity to cross it into the centre but he takes the shot himself and skies it instead

8:37 PM

Minute 48 -- ATK begin where they left off and continue to attack the Pune box

8:34 PM

Second half begins

8:24 PM

Half-time report: The first half of ATK and FC Pune City at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata remained scoreless after the visitors held themselves to stave off the multiple attacks of the home team.

 

ATK continued to knock on Pune's door for all of the first half, many of those times through set-pieces too, but just couldn't get through the Pune defence. Lanzarote alone got at least four free-kicks but kept putting his free-kicks away from the target, apart from that one time when it rattled off the woodwork.

 

There haven't been any clear-cut chances for either team and neither have they been able to take advantage of the set-pieces they have received. If either team wants to get anything from this game, they ought to do much much better in the second half