I-League 2017/18 Live Score: East Bengal vs Minerva Punjab FC, Live Match Updates

FT : EB 2-2 MPFC

Updated: 30 January 2018 15:57 IST - Published: 30 January 2018 13:13 IST

FULL TIME : East Bengal 2-2 Minerva Punjab

A tale of two halves as an ever dominant East Bengal side came back into the game and cancelled out the 0-2 lead. East Bengal had several chances to go ahead later in the match but failed to do so and would surely rue them. Minerva Punjab would certainly be the happier side as they eked out one points of the game and still sit comfortably at top.

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90+6' Altamash Syed tries to sneak in a freekick but the shot is wide.

90+5' WHAT A MISS! Ambekar had only the keeper to beat against the run of play but skies it.

90+4' Corner cleared away and Minerva Punjab are on the break.

90+3' OFF THE POST! Danmawia shoots and it takes a deflection, hits the post and goes out for an East Bengal corner.

90+2' Eric Dano booked for a foul on Rafique. Freekick to East Bengal.

90+1' Substitution for East Bengal : Mohammed Rafique comes on for Dudu Omagbemi.

4 Minutes Added on.

90' Eduardo skies a shot.

89' GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL! Brandon slots home after a rebound off Katsumi falls to him. It is 2-2 here in Barasat.

88' Substitution for Minerva Punjab : Altamesh Syed comes on for Souvik Das.

85' East Bengal playing an intense high line and are piling up pressure up on the vistors as they go on searching for the equaliser.

83' Danmawia swings in a cross but Kiran collects it and clashes on to Brandon. The Nepali shot-stopper is down injured.

82' Substitution for Minerva Punjab : William Opoku for Lago Bei.

80' Kromah brought down in the box and calls for a Penalty but the referee thinks otherwise.

78' Substitution for East Bengal : Brandon Vanlalremdika comes on for Cavin Lobo.

77' Substitution for Minerva : Chencho Gyeltshen comes off for Abhishek Ambekar.

73' Eduardo goes into the referee's book for a foul.

70' East Bengal with a wonderful passage of play are troubling Minerva by large. An equaliser on the cards?

68' Kassim Aidara penalised for a foul on Kromah.

65' Corner falls to Dudu who can't finish it off.

64' Katsumi crosses in and Kamalpreet Singh blocks the ball to concede a corner.

62' East Bengal swung in couple of corners but Minerva clear their lines.

61' The crowd is up on their feet and are backing the home side. Sudden burst of positiveness from the Red and Golds.

59' GOAAAAAAAAAAAL! Joby Justin heads in the ball into the net as he gets better of his marker from a Laldanmawia corner,

58' East Bengal earn a corner.

57' East Bengal enjoying lion's share of possession as usual but can't find their footing in the final third alike the first half.

52' Chencho cuts in to his right and shoots, but the connection ain't sweet enough to trouble Ubaid.

50' SAVE! Katsumi shoots and Kiran dives to his right and saves it. The rebound is cleared away by Eric Brown. It is still 0-2 to the visitors.

49' Danmawia goes down after a tackle from Eric Brown and East Bengal earn a penalty.

46' Joby crosses in but Limbu comes off his and collects it.

Second half kicks-off!

HALF TIME : East Bengal 0-2 Minerva Punjab

Defensive Lapses at the back by the Red and Golds sees the visitors lead the game at the break through Chencho Gyeltshen and Sukhdev Singh. East Bengal got several chances to get one goal back in the dying moments of the first half but the resilient Minerva defence saw them off. A controversial call by the referee at the stroke of half time to deny East Bengal a penalty is the talk of the first half so far.

Will East Bengal fight back or Minerva go on marching at the top? Find out in the second half.

45+3' Katsumi brought down by Eric Dano in the box shouting for the Penalty but the referee thinks otherwise. Huge Controversial call here!

45+2' Series of corners for the home side but they can't find the net.

1 Minute Added on.

45' Dudu finds himself stranded in the Minerva box with the ball and shoots straight on to Limbu who parries it away for an East Bengal corner.

44' Danmawia gets in a floating cross but Limbu collects.

43' Chencho swings in a freekick and Ubaid collects. East Bengal back on the ball.

42' Substitution for East Bengal : Kromah makes his East Bengal debut and replaces Mehtab Singh.

40' East Bengal enjoying lion's share of possession but can't get the ball into the Punjab box.

34' Minerva Punjab get a corner swung in but Ubaid comes off his line to collect the ball.

33' GOAL! Chaos among the East Bengal box and Chencho slots it home with a fine finish to make it 0-2 to the visitors.

32' Lobo shoots with venom but Kiran dives and clutches on to the ball.

31' William Opoku crosses in but there is no one at the far end to finish it off.

29' Corner cleared away.

27' Eric Dano concedes a corner.

26' MISS! Opoku shoots from outside the box and misses.

25' Bazie shoots from distance but the ball is way wide.

23' Lobo swings in a freekick but Kiran collects it with ease.