<p>Bengaluru FC rallied from a goal down against East Bengal at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium to secure their first points of the season in dramatic fashion with a 2-1 win.</p>.<p>The mercurial Naorem Mahesh Singh opened the scoring early in the first half, but Sunil Chhetri equalized by winning and converting a penalty. Javi Hernandez’s wonder-goal in the 72nd minute proved to be the difference.</p>.<p>East Bengal began brighter with a high defensive line. Borja Herrera saw lot of the ball and created openings with his wide array of passes.</p>.<p>Simon Grayson went for a more attacking set-up. Namgyal Bhutia and Harsh Patre filled in for the suspended duo of Naorem Roshan Singh and Suresh Wangjam.</p>.<p>The front three of returning Sunil Chhetri, Ryan Williams and Curtis Main pressed in unison as Javi picked up the midfield spaces.</p>.<p>East Bengal opened the scoring in the 15th minute, and it was all down to Mahesh’s sheer brilliance.</p>.<p>After a sedate start, Mahesh immediately burst into life. The winger picked up Nandhakumar Sekar’s pass, and broke Bengaluru’s spine with a remarkable solo run, nut-megging Slavko Damjanovic and Jessel Carneiro before sliding the ball into the bottom right corner.</p>.<p>Bengaluru fought back in the 21st minute through Chhetri’s contentious penalty. The skipper played a one-two with Javi and was brought down by Mandar Rao Dessai.</p>.<p>East Bengal played their way through Bengaluru’s press with relative ease in the second half and had the better chances. Mahesh pranced free down the right and supplied a delicious cross, which was skied by Nandha.</p>.<p>However, Bengaluru FC snatched the lead against the run of play. After East Bengal failed to clear a harmless cross, Javi conjured up an outrageous overhead kick to send the home fans into raptures.</p>.<p>East Bengal threw the kitchen sink in search of a second, but BFC held firm to pocket three valuable points.</p>.<p class="ListBody"><span class="bold"><strong>Result:</strong></span> BFC: 2 (Sunil Chhetri 21st, Javi Hernandez 72nd) bt East Bengal FC: 1 (Naorem Mahesh Singh 15th).</p>
<p>Bengaluru FC rallied from a goal down against East Bengal at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium to secure their first points of the season in dramatic fashion with a 2-1 win.</p>.<p>The mercurial Naorem Mahesh Singh opened the scoring early in the first half, but Sunil Chhetri equalized by winning and converting a penalty. Javi Hernandez’s wonder-goal in the 72nd minute proved to be the difference.</p>.<p>East Bengal began brighter with a high defensive line. Borja Herrera saw lot of the ball and created openings with his wide array of passes.</p>.<p>Simon Grayson went for a more attacking set-up. Namgyal Bhutia and Harsh Patre filled in for the suspended duo of Naorem Roshan Singh and Suresh Wangjam.</p>.<p>The front three of returning Sunil Chhetri, Ryan Williams and Curtis Main pressed in unison as Javi picked up the midfield spaces.</p>.<p>East Bengal opened the scoring in the 15th minute, and it was all down to Mahesh’s sheer brilliance.</p>.<p>After a sedate start, Mahesh immediately burst into life. The winger picked up Nandhakumar Sekar’s pass, and broke Bengaluru’s spine with a remarkable solo run, nut-megging Slavko Damjanovic and Jessel Carneiro before sliding the ball into the bottom right corner.</p>.<p>Bengaluru fought back in the 21st minute through Chhetri’s contentious penalty. The skipper played a one-two with Javi and was brought down by Mandar Rao Dessai.</p>.<p>East Bengal played their way through Bengaluru’s press with relative ease in the second half and had the better chances. Mahesh pranced free down the right and supplied a delicious cross, which was skied by Nandha.</p>.<p>However, Bengaluru FC snatched the lead against the run of play. After East Bengal failed to clear a harmless cross, Javi conjured up an outrageous overhead kick to send the home fans into raptures.</p>.<p>East Bengal threw the kitchen sink in search of a second, but BFC held firm to pocket three valuable points.</p>.<p class="ListBody"><span class="bold"><strong>Result:</strong></span> BFC: 2 (Sunil Chhetri 21st, Javi Hernandez 72nd) bt East Bengal FC: 1 (Naorem Mahesh Singh 15th).</p>