ISL 2016 | Delhi Dynamos and Atletico de Kolkata share spoils in a 2-2 thriller in the capital
Delhi Dynamos maintained their unbeaten record at home after a 2-2 draw against Atletico de Kolkata in the ISL despite going a man down in the first half. Iain Hume and Javi Lara gave the visitors the lead twice but goals from Milan Singh and Florent Malouda meant that the teams shared the spoils.
Atletico de Kolkata is the only team to have defeated Delhi Dynamos this season and
Malouda’s equaliser for Delhi Dynamos helped him redeem himself after the former Chelsea midfielder had missed a second-half penalty.
The draw left Delhi Dynamos at the top with 17 points from 10 matches while Atletico de Kolkata picked up their fourth point in the last four matches to occupy the fourth spot with 13 points.
This was an extraordinary contest and did not appear to be heading this way when Iain Hume provided Atletico de
Atletico de Kolkata had the
In the second session, the match saw frenetic developments, starting in the 60th minute when Marcelinho was brought down by Prabir Das and won a penalty. Malouda stepped up to take the penalty but his low effort was blocked by goalkeeper Debjit Majumder.
Delhi, however, were not to be denied the equaliser three minutes later as Milan Singh beat a diving Debjit with a left-footed screamer from outside the box.
The visitors had a player advantage and made it count in the 71st minute to take the lead for the second time. It was Lalrindika Ralte from the left who pushed the ball for Helder Postiga. The ball, however, fell for an unmarked Lara and he smashed it into the
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