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ISL 2021-22: 10 man Kerala Blasters bagged three crucial points against North East United

Alvaro Vazquez's stunner helped Kerala to move to the second spot on the table

ISL 2021-22: 10 man Kerala Blasters bagged three crucial points against North East United
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ISL 2021-22: 10 man Kerala Blasters bagged three crucial points against North East United

By

The Bridge Desk

Updated: 4 Feb 2022 5:25 PM GMT

Ten-man Kerala Blasters moved to second spot in the points table with a spirited performance to down wooden spooners NorthEast United FC 2-1 in the Hero Indian Super League at the Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco on Friday.

Second-half goals from Jorge Pereyra Díaz (62nd) and a stunner from Alvaro Vazquez (82nd) saw Kerala get back to winning ways as NorthEast United's misery deepened further. Mohamed Irshad scored a goal deep into injury time but that didn't matter in the end as Khalid Jamil's side remained on 10 points from 16 games. Kerala now have 23 points from 13 outings.

The first chance of the game fell to NorthEast United as Suhair Vadakkepeedika had a golden opportunity to take the lead early, but the striker failed to connect after doing all the hard work to evade his marker from a Joe Zoherliana cross.

Marcelinho was at it with some teasing crosses for Suhair and also delivered a crisp corner for Pragyan Gogoi to smash the ball over the bar. Hernan Santana and Marcelinho linked up well too but lacked finishing with the former blasting over an effort after Santana burst through the right to square the ball for him.

Kerala got their first real chance three minutes from the break, Adrian Luna putting in a perfect ball for Jeakson Singh who headed over.

In the second half, Kerala started on the front foot as Alvaro Vazquez spotted the keeper out of his line and tried his luck from 40 yards out but missed the target. Vazquez was in the clear soon after, but he shot straight at the keeper as Kerala attacked with venom to soon get their reward.

Diaz was left unmarked and the Argentine made no mistake when Harmanjot Khabra headed the ball in his path, nodding in past Subhashish Roy Choudhary. Kerala suffered a setback when Ayush Adhikari was sent off after seeing a second yellow card in the 70th minute.

NorthEast United replaced Marco Sahanek with Deshorn Brown who made a comeback into the team, but Kerala went 2-0 up to add to Highlanders' plight. Vazquez scored a sensational goal, getting the ball close to the half-line and spotting Roy Choudhury off his line, to send a curling effort that nestled into the net.

Irshad pulled one back in stoppage time from a Santana ball, shooting with power from just outside the box but his brilliant effort went in vain as NorthEast United succumbed to their second straight defeat.

Live Updates

  • 4 Feb 2022 3:32 PM GMT

    CHANCE WASTED

    72' Long ranger from Suhair but the ball is way out of target. 

    KBFC 1-0 NEUFC

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  • 4 Feb 2022 3:30 PM GMT

    RED CARD!!!!!

    71' Ayush gets his second yellow card of the night for a bad tackle on Santana. 

    KBFC 1-0 NEUFC

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  • 4 Feb 2022 3:26 PM GMT

    KBFC CHANGE

    67' Vincy Barretto comes in to replace Sahal for KBFC. 

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  • 4 Feb 2022 3:25 PM GMT

    YELLOW CARD

    66' Diaz goes into the books. 

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  • 4 Feb 2022 3:24 PM GMT

    NEUFC DOUBLE CHANGE

    64' Joe and Gogoi gets replaced by Lakra and Imran for NEUFC. 

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  • 4 Feb 2022 3:23 PM GMT

    DIAZZZZZ!!!!!

    62' Good cross from Nishu into the box, Khabra makes an excellent layoff towards the second post. Diaz, completely unmarked jumps and heads the ball into the net from point-blank range. Bad defensive marking from the Highlanders there to concede this goal. 

    KBFC 1-0 NEUFC

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  • 4 Feb 2022 3:21 PM GMT

    60' Good cross into the NEUFC box. Luna completely unmarked and undisturbed tries to place his header but missed the target narrowly. 

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  • 4 Feb 2022 3:18 PM GMT

    57' Chance for KBFC as Vazquez goes open in front of the goal but his strike from the right side goes directly to Subhasish. 

    KBFC 0-0 NEUFC

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  • 4 Feb 2022 3:14 PM GMT

    YELLOW CARD

    54' Subhasish goes into the books for slowing down the game.

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  • 4 Feb 2022 3:10 PM GMT

    GOOD ATTEMPT

    50' Vazquez goes for a very long attempt after seeing Subhasish out of his line but the strike misses the target.  

    KBFC 0-0 NEUFC

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