Fight for all three factors: East Bengal’s victory moved it to eighth with 18 factors from 16 outings.| Photo Credit: PTI

East Bengal picked up its fourth win by downing Chennaiyin FC by a solitary objective within the Indian Super League on the Salt Lake Stadium right here on Monday.

Nandhakumar Sekar got here to the group’s assist as soon as once more as he discovered the online halfway by means of the second half to safe the complete quota of factors for EBFC, which tallied 18 factors from 16 matches to maneuver to the eight spot within the present standings.

Chennaiyin FC remained on 15 factors after its sixteenth outing of the match.

Needing a win to stay within the contest for a top-six place and hold the potential for reaching the knock-out stage open, EBFC seemed to be shedding its plot in opposition to a extra organised CFC within the first half. The customer created extra openings within the first half however its attackers Rahim Ali, Jordan Murray, and Farukh Choudhary, who shared a couple of good probabilities, couldn't convert them.

EBFC coach Carlos Cuadrat tried to change the state of affairs after the break by introducing three modifications and that bought the host again within the recreation as one of many substitutes P.V. Vishnu supplied the impetus to launch efficient assaults.

Keeping on the momentum, Nandhakumar lastly bought the break within the sixty fifth minute when he bought on the finish of a protracted cross from the left and responded with a robust grounder that took a deflection off Chennaiyin defender Bikash Yumnam to search out its manner in.

The end result:

East Bengal FC 1 (Nandhakumar 65) bt Chennaiyin FC 0.