Jeje Lalpekhlua celebrates with his team after opening the scoring (Images courtesy: ISL)
#5 Chennaiyin FC does a Liverpool
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Anirban Rodriguez scored the equalising goal for Pune City (Images courtesy: ISL)
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The defending champions' performance on Sunday was very much comparable to the current Liverpool FC team. If you are a person who follows the Premier League, you must be knowing how the English club always makes things tough for them in the second half. Chennai's case against Pune was almost the same.
The Super Machans were the dominant team in the first half and it looked like Chennai would win the match without much trouble, but they made things difficult. Materazzi's side kind of switched off after the 60 minutes mark and let FC Pune City have most of the possession.
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Chennaiyin’s attacks were weak after the 60 minutes mark and also they failed to keep possession. The away side paid the price for loosening things up in the 82nd minute of the match when Pune's Anibal Rodriguez, who came on as a substitute scored the equalising goal via a beautiful free-kick.
Dakir is a European and Indian football journalist at Sportskeeda with an overall experience of 10 years. Holding a Master’s degree in Journalism & Mass Communication, and currently pursuing Master’s in Sports Journalism from Sheffield Hallam University, he is a seasoned football journalist who has interviewed the likes of former Liverpool star John Arne Riise, covered the entire 2022-23 Indian Super League season of the Kerala Blasters, and has delivered a seminar at an international conference held by St. Albert's College, Ernakulam.
Thanks to his extensive academic background in journalism, Dakir understands the importance of accuracy and spends a significant amount of time researching the subject. In today’s data-driven world of football, where players are perceived as machines, he prides himself amplify the voices of the people that make football the beautiful game that it is.
He started following football in 2013, and more specifically, Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool, and admires Jurgen Klopp for his untouched charisma and unmatched legacy. A perpetual underdog supporter, he is a fan of under-fire Reds forward Darwin Nunez and can’t wait for him to show the world what he truly is. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s iconic “corner taken quickly” corner assist for Divock Origi in Liverpool’s 4-0 UCL semifinal win over Barcelona left a lasting impact on him.
When not writing, Dakir enjoys indulging in his guilty pleasure - watching mass commercial movies.
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