ISL 2: NorthEast edge past Chennaiyin

Chennai: A spirited NorthEast United came back from behind to edge past Chennaiyin FC 2-1 in a closely contested Indian Super League match here on Wednesday.

This was Chennaiyin's third home loss to dim their semifinal hopes after being undone in their second encounter against NorthEast. Chennaiyin though started on the right note as Elano struck the lead in the 33rd minute.

NorthEast soon equalised matters after 11 minutes as the game saw a howler from Chennaiyin ’keeper Edel Apoula and Diomansy Kamara scored off a rebound.

But it was the second change for NorthEast that made it count as Portuguese midfielder Silas, who came in for Simao, gave the visitors the winning strike in the 72nd minute.

The strike gave the visitors the lead and it finally proved decisive as the hosts not only failed to score in 90 minutes but their efforts were neautralised even in the four extra minutes of injury time.