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The Kerala Blasters kept their semifinal hopes alive with a 2-1 comeback win over the Delhi Dynamos at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Saturday night.
After chances at both ends, the Dynamos were awarded a penalty for a foul from youngster Prasanth K. against Seityasen Singh with Kalu Uche putting the penalty away in the 35th minute and they would take that lead into the break.
Kerala Blasters came out with more conviction and equalise in the 48th minute through teenager Deependra Negi off a Jackichand corner and the youngster was fouled in the 75th minute by Pratik Chowdhary in the box and Iain Hume stepped up to give the Blasters the lead for the first time in the game.
In injury-time Pratik Chowdhary’s evening was made even worse, when the Delhi Dynamos defender was send off for a second booking of the night.
In the end the Kerala Blasters won the match and kept the three points at home.
MATCH AWARDS
Club Award: Kerala Blasters FC
Swift Moment of the Match: Subhasish Roy Chowdhury (Kerala Blasters FC)
DHL Winning Pass of the Match: Jackichand Singh (Kerala Blasters FC)
Amul Fittest Player: Wes Brown (Kerala Blasters FC)
Emerging Player: Timothy Munmun Lugun (Kerala Blasters FC)
Hero of the Match: Deependra Negi (Kerala Blasters FC)
