Harpal Singh bedi / New Delhi
There was no end to Delhi Dynamos misery as they suffered another defeat going down to visiting Northeast United 0-2 in the ISL league match at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday to remain winless in six matches they have played so far.
With this win NorthEast United climb to the top of the table with 11 points, although they have played a match more than FC Goa (10 points). This was their third victory on the road and the best start they have had to any of their campaigns
The visitors were better in all departments and dominated the game most of the time but they had to wait ill the 82nd minute to earn the break through Spainsh forward Federico Gallego who took advantage of a defensive lapse to slot the ball home..
In form Bartholomew Ogbeche scored the second in the injury time, against the run of play to seal the match in favoure of thye visitors
The match opened on an even note with both teams creating equal amount of chances. In the.
NorthEast returned 6th minute Gianni Zuiverloon had an opportunity to give the hosts the lead when rival goalkeeper Pawan Kumar failed to clear a ball outside the box, but his effort was somehow cleared away by Kumar the compliments but their, top scorerOgbeche hit the crossbar just two minutes later
NorthEast United spurned a golden chance to take an early lead five minutes into the match. Ogbeche made the move playing a one-two with Redeem Tlang before unleashing a dipping effort from the edge of the box. The goalkeeper stood no chance of keeping it out but luckily for him, the effort hit the crossbar.
The visitors were attacking in numbers with Tlang’s exploits on the right flank pinning both Nandhakumar Sekar and Narayan Das into their own half.
Delhi started the second half on strong as substitute Vinit Rai had a glorious chance to take the lead from Zuiverloon’s freekick but the ball went over the crossbar.
The visitors created flurry of chances of their own with Mascia coming the closest twice but Dorronsoro was there for Delhi’s rescue as he kept the rivals attack at bay.
NorthEast’s first chance after the break saw Gallego’s powerful shot take a deflection off a sliding Gianni Zuiverloon and went straight into the hands of goalkeeper Francisco Dorronsoro.
On the other hand Zuiverloon stood over a free-kick outside the box on the left and swung it towards the far post for Andrija Kaludjerovic who couldn’t keep his shot on target, much to the dismay of the large crowd in the stands.
The hosts had their chance in the 78th minute when a long ball by Marti Crespi fell perfectly for Kaludjerovic at the edge of the box. The striker played a one-two with Marcos Tebar whose well-weighted through-ball had Kaludjerovic attempt a finesse shot which was blocked and deflected wide by a sliding Mato Grgic.