ISL 2018-19: Udanta Singh's last winner against Delhi Dynamos FC places Bengaluru FC at the top of the standings

Bangalore: A late strike from Udanta Singh allowed Bengaluru FC to beat Delhi Dynamos by a single-handed goal and to win the top spot in the Indian Super League standings Monday

The locals survived the Delhi Dynamos attacks before Udanta scored the only goal in the 87th minute to win the match for his captain Sunil Chhetri, who was playing in the club's 150th game.

Bengaluru FC play now On the top of the ISL chart with 19 points in seven games, while the Delhi Dynamos seem to have almost finished, they remain rooted at the bottom of the list without registering a win in nine games. Bengaluru FC started with four foreigners in the absence of injured Miku and suspended Dimas Delgado. Erik Paartalu recovered in time to be named on the bench.

The first opportunity fell for the home team when Chhetri hooked on a long ball. However, Pritam Kotal recovered well to cover it before Albino Gomes managed to clear the ball.

Delhi completely dominated the first half but could not find the goal. Bengaluru goalkeeper, Gurpreet Sandhu, was summoned in the 15th minute when he countered a shot from Adria Carmona after Lallianzuala Chhangte beat Rino Anto to give him the advantage.

In the 27th minute, Nandhakumar had a great race on the right. good construction game. However, during the last pbad, Andrija Kaluderovic saw the attacker hit the ball away from the goal. Just after half an hour of play, Chhangte broke the offside trap and found himself face to face. However, Gurpreet went out of his line and blocked the effort. [3] Rino Anto once again played Delhi next and this time the ball fell on Nandhakumar whose shot was deflected for a corner by Juanan.

Nandhakumar again scored the goal and his left foot shot barely blocked by Gurpreet. 19659005] After Delhi had the best chances in the first half, Bengaluru created the first chance of the second. Udanta was released right and the winger tied the ball for Chhetri in the box. But the 34-year-old scratched his shot attempt.

Delhi insisted on getting ahead, but the lack of offensive thirds attack led to the failure of his action. Erik Paartalu was taken over by Bengaluru while he was looking for some solidity in the middle of the field.

The Blues had a good opportunity to score in the 70th minute when Udanta took advantage of a confusion in defense for Delhi to score the goal scored by Xisco Hernandez. lob. But for the first time, the Spaniard was shooting directly at Albino.

Three minutes later, Delhi could not finish in the net, but Kaluderovic was coming close behind the corner, Rene Mihelic.

Four minutes later. After the remaining regulation time, Bengaluru found himself in the lead after a confusion in the defense of Delhi. A ball released after a hit from Bengaluru was not cleaned properly. It's finally Udanta Singh who saw a scathing player leave the post after a deflection against Marti Crespi.

The Blues maintained the advantage until the end to register their sixth win in seven games.