East Bengal vs Police Highlights, CFL 2023: EBFC 2-1 PAC at FT; Red & Gold go top of Group B!

East Bengal 2-1 Police AC: Live coverage ends!

That's all from our Live coverage! East Bengal go top of the table for the first this CFL 2023 in Group B! The Kolkata Giants now have 21 points in nine games and are a point ahead of Bhawanipore

FT| We go top of the table as the boys beat Police AC 2️⃣-1️⃣! #CFL #JoyEastBengal #EmamiEastBengal pic.twitter.com/696eV9aHgx

— East Bengal FC (@eastbengal_fc) August 14, 2023

East Bengal vs Police Live Updates: EBFC 2-1 PAC at Full Time

Full Time Stats

PV Vishnu collects man of the match!

PV Vishnu is adjudged the player of the match and quite deservingly as he bailed East Bengal out of trouble with a late goal! The substitute striker showed wonderful skill as he scored the goal following a 180-degree turn in short space before slotting the ball past the goalkeeper!

FULL TIME!

The referee blows the final whistle and East Bengal go top of Group A with the hard-fought win! PV Vishnu turns the saviour as he scored an 88th minute goal after Jagmeet Singh scored equaliser for Police at the beginning of the second half!

East Bengal vs Police Live Updates: EBFC 2-1 PAC

90+8' East bengal players are happy to sit back in defense to see out the remaining minutes and are quite often catching Police on the break! We may see another goal from East Bengal while Police are struggling to create! Meanwhile East Bengal win a late corner!

GOOOOALLLLL! No, it's offside!

90+3' Mahitosh Roy was played free to the goal as East Bengal caught Police on the break! Mahitosh buried the ball into the goal despite a desperate dive by the Police goalkeeper but Mahitosh couldn't time his run well as he was caught offside!

East Bengal 2-1 Police AC

90+1' Sanjib Ghosh equally deserves credit for the goal too as he stopped the ball from going out for a goal kick after Tanmay Das played him inside the box! Sanjib had to evade two Police defenders before setting up Vishnu, who is the man of the moment! Meanwhile 10 minutes of stoppage time added!

GOOOOOALLLL!

WHAT A GOAL BY PV VISHNU! The striker makes 180-degree turn in small space to score the goal from close range! He recieved the ball inside the box with his back at the goal but he made a surprise turn and slot the ball low past the goalkeeper!

Yellow card for Police!

86' Shariful Ali sees a yellow card for a tackle from behind. Meanwhile Police substitute Biswajit Sengupta is taken off and replaced by Proyashu Haldar in a tactical change!

East Bengal vs Police Live Updates: EBFC 1-1 PAC

85' Crucial interception by Police defense as Tuhin Das made a through ball for Suman Dey to run free to the goal. For Police, Ujwal Howladar has been a threatening figure in attack as he is making those runs on the break but is lacking support!

Another change for East Bengal!

83' Midfielder Lijo K joins play in place of Tanmay Das! Meanwhile East Bengal players are showing more urgency in attack for the winning goal!

East Bengal win a corner!

81' Jesin TK wins a corner for East Bengal as a Police AC shadows him and take the ball out of play! The resulting corner falls to Tanmay Das on the rebound and the East Bengal forward fires the ball off target! Another chance wasted while more Police players are down on the ground! Time is ticking away for EBFC!

Suman Dey with an early impact!

78' Suman Dey is played free on the right flank and the substitute uses his fresh leg to quickly reach the ball and fire in a cross! The ball, however, was collected by goalkeepr Subhankar Ghosh, who now is down on ground, claiming to be in pain due to cramp! Strange to see him struggle as he is the player to run the least among the policemen!

East Bengal 1-1 Police AC

77' The substitutes haven't worked for East Bengal so far as the players are failing to coordinate in the attack! Police are already trying to settle for a draw as time and again Police players are going down on the field claiming cramps! The latest to go down in Laxmikant Dey. Meawhile East Bengal make another change as Suman Dey comes in as striker in place of Dip Saha.

BIG CHANCE FOR POLICE!

72' Two substitutes spring into action as Ujwal Howladar runs down the right flank and plays Biswajit Sengupta free to the left of the goal! Biswajit made a low cross to Jagmeet in the middle but the striker lost his footing at the wrong time, allowing East Bengal defenders to clear the ball!

Painful collison!

68' East Bengal's Tuhin Das collides with Police AC's Dip during a duel and both the players are down on the ground, requiring medical attention as the match comes to a halt! Meanwhile Police AC make two changes!

East Bengal vs Police Live Updates: EBFC 1-1 PAC

66' East Bengal play is lacking momentum following three changes but we can expect quality soon once they substitutes settles down! Meanwhile Vishnu fires off target with his left foot! A courageous effort as he shoots from 30 yards after Mahitosh fed him with a pass!

Mahitosh heads off target!

63' Jesin TK makes a run through the left flank and delivers a cross six yards away from the goal to newly-in Mahitosh Roy, whose header sailed way above the crossbar!

Three changes by East Bengal!

62' Bino George takes off Avishek Kunjam, Gurnaj Singh Grewal and Aman CK. Mahitosh Roy, Vishnu PV and Sanjib Ghosh join play ahead of the corner! Meanwhile the resulting corner is head off target by Tuhin Das!

Freekick opportunity for East Bengal!

60' Dip Saha and Tanmay will fancy a delivery into the box from indirect opportunity following a soft foul 35 ayrds to the right of the Police goal! The resulting freekick leads to a corner kick after the freekick was played short!

Tuhin and Dayal get into argument!

57' East Bengal's Tuhin Das gets into heated argument with Dayal after the former fouled the Policeman! Referees came between the two and took the situation under control. Meanwhile the freekick opportunity for Police is headed clear to safety by Athul!

East Bengal 1-1 Police AC

53' Police AC are much more confident in attack as Jagmeet Singh makes a solo run through the left flank but couldn't send in the cross as Bunando Singh shadowed him and didn't allow a cross!

East Bengal vs Police Live Updates: EBFC 1-1 PAC

50' East Bengal have paid the price for not making their chances count as Police scored from their first shot on target in the second half! Good thing, East Bengal still have a lot of time left to take back the lead and go top of the points table!

GOOOOALLL!

47' Jagmeet Singh scores the equaliser from close range after a cross was delivered from the left flank by Ashique Khan following a build up on the touchline. Huge celebrations for Police AC as they are back in the game!

2nd half gets underway!

46' The second half begins and Police earn freekick near the centre line early on as Bunando fouls a Police player!

2nd half to begin!

Players are back on the field for the second half as the action will resume soon after the break!

Avishek Kunjam's goal-scoring spree

Avishek Kunjam has been the go-to man for East Bengal in the CFL 2023 so far as he scored his sixth goal of the campaign today. He is two goals behind Mohun Bagan's Suhail Ahmad Bhat in the golden boot run and have the opportunity to score few more goals today if East Bengal play the second half in same breathe! Knowing Bino George's attack-all-cost philosophy, we can expect an entertaining second half. What remains to be seen how clinical the young players will be in front of the goal!

East Bengal 1-0 Police AC at Half Time

East Bengal were expectedly the superior side in the game and deservingly took the lead through Avishek Kunjam in the 15th minute. However, the Kolkata Giants missed a lot of opportunities too as was the case in the last game against Railway FC. A goal lead couldn't be enough as Bino George will prefer his boys score the insurance goal early in the second half!

East Bengal vs Police Live Updates: EBFC 1-0 PAC at HT

Half Time stats

Half Time!

The referee blows the half time whistle after two minutes of additional time. No further goal scoring opportunities were created in the period as the first half ends with East Bengal maintaing a goal lead!