ISL: Hyderabad’s late strike denies East Bengal full points in hard-fought draw

Manoj Mohammed scored in the 90th minute as former winners Hyderabad FC fought back to hold East Bengal FC to a 11 draw in the Indian Super League ISL 202425 at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium here on Saturday eveningThe home side maintained 56737 of the possession and produced a greater passing accuracy of 8737 as opposed to the 7437 of East Bengal However they had to wait right until the 90thminute mark to win a point from this match against the Red ampamp Gold Brigade which has won their last two matches on a trotHyderabad FC made the first move as the proceedings kicked off as the duo of Isaac Vanmalsawma and Joseph Sunny interlinked in the final third after two minutes to test the East Bengal FC defence Issacrsquos pass was laid out for Joseph outside the box but instead of engaging in further buildup the latter attempted a shot from a distance that was blocked in timeThe home side kept the pressure up in the following few minutes compelling Hijazi Maher to concede a corner in the 11th minute As a consequence of that set piece Manoj Mohammad pulled off an aerial effort from the centre of the 18yard box that missed the target on the right sideWhat followed thereafter was a guarded affair with neither of the two sides being able to produce clearcut chances There was a spate of corners and freekicks being won but nothing substantial came out of those moves until Edmilson Correia dazzled on the left side of the 18yard box after receiving a pass from Isaac in the 41st minute adjusted his movement and thundered a shot that missed hitting the woodwork by a whisker on the right sideTwo minutes into the second half Correia again sprang into action deftly receiving a lateral delivery in the centre of the box from Cy Goddard but shot it off target on the right side despite being in close distance from the goalIt took a fantastic freekick from Cleiton Silva in the 64th minute to create the move that broke the deadlock in this match Dimitrios Diamantakos won a foul and Silva stepped up on the ball and discharged an impressive delivery that smashed the crossbar only to find Jeakson Singh pounce upon the rebound and bundle it into the centre of the net to get the visitors ahead arguably against the run of momentumHyderabad FC dug deep in the game though making some compelling moves to find the equaliser Eventually it required some quick thinking from Correia as late as the 90thminute mark to drag his side back after the setback they received from Jeaksonrsquos goal Hyderabad FC had the duo of Lenny Rodrigues and Devendra Murgaonkar coming in as substitutes in the 85th minute and fresh legs certainly swayed the game in their favour with Murgaonkar making an instant impact through an outsideofthebox shot that was set up for him by Abdul RabeehIt didnrsquot land on target but showed that the home side was getting on the offensive before Correia trusted Manoj by passing the ball to him on the left side of the box when he had an opportunity to bury the goal to cap off a quick attacking move Manoj repaid the faith by holding his composure and dispatching the ball into the bottom right corner to rescue a point for his side from this gameHyderabad FC will play their next game against Mohun Bagan Super Giant on January 2 while East Bengal FC will clash against Mumbai City FC on January 6This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever