ISL: 10-man Chennaiyin FC hold Bengaluru FC to 1-1 draw

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 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 in the second half.

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 into the Chennayin FC net with a sublime glancing header.

But from there on, it was the home team that took control of the game for large part of the game. In the 26th minute, Karuthadathkuni wriggled into the Bengaluru FC box before getting thwarted by the defence. The ricochet flew towards Petar Sliskovic who rattled the crossbar with a close-range volley.

Less than five minutes later, Krishna went down in the box, under pressure from Fallou Diagne. The striker was livid after the referee did not point to the spot. Chennaiyin FC kept the ball well but could not apply the decisive touch in the final third.

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.