Asian Cup Live | India v UAE Live | Live Score, Commentary, Updates and Result

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UAE go on top of Group A with four points in two games. India were the better side but failed to make use of their chances.
They weren't as dominant in the second half and that allowed UAE to sink them further with a late goal.
Alberto Zaccheroni can smile. He knows this is a lucky win but it could have been so different had India gone that extra mile.
Well, that's it from me, Aravind Suchindran. Log onto Sportskeeda for our full coverage.
Goodnight.

90+3' OFF THE BAR AGAIN!
A free-kick floated by Rowllin and Sandesh gets faint header in which is sure to go in...
But. No.
Sorry, India. You played well. But that's not how this works.

90+2' Yet another deep kick from Gurpreet is flown into the opponent's half but no one gets to the end of it.
Surely, it's done.

No additional time?
Oh well, it's three minutes.

88' AND THAT KILLS IT.
After all the good work, India are sure to lose this one.
Salmin drifts it nicely to Ali Mabkhout, who comes ahead of Pritam Kotal, turns, does a fake and then slots it into the bottom-left corner.
2-0 UAE.

85' Substitution - UAE. The Sunil Chhetri of the UAE team arrives.
OFF - Khalfan Mubarak
ON - Ismael Matar

83' Jeje takes a tumble as Majed Hassan shields the ball to prevent India from moving up.

81' A long free-kick by Sandesh Jhingan finds Sunil Chhetri at the edge of the box. The skipper heads it down nicely to Jeje but the Chennaiyin FC striker slips and cannot make anything of the chance.

79' Jeje clears away the second corner and we've Jackichand waiting to come on. Udanta is off.
OFF - Udanta Singh
ON - Jackichand Singh

76' Substitution - UAE
OFF - Amer Abdulrahman
ON - Mohamed Gharib

74' Pritam Kotal fails to clear the danger off that free-kick but India are saved the blushes thanks to a poor effort by UAE.
Al Hammadi tries to find the far the far corner but that takes a deflection off Kotal, bounces off the post and even ricochets off Gurpreet. Fortunately, it doesn't slip into the goal.

73' That's an unnecessary tackle on Khalfan and that sees him enter the book.
Yellow - Subhasish Bose (India)

70' Substitution - India
OFF - Anirudh Thapa
ON - Rowllin Borges

There's your goalscorer Khalfan Mubarak, involved in a tussle with Subhasish Bose

66' Good shielding by India defenders and Ashique is played the ball by Gurpreet. But he controls it off his hand and that puts an end to the promising counter.

63' Substitution - UAE.
OFF - Khamis Esmaeel
ON - Majed Hassan

62' Anas chests down and gifts the ball to the opposition again. Subhasish trips down the flank and that allows Bandar to float it into the centre under no pressure.
Gurpreet steps out of the line and collects it with his fingertips.

60' Jeje asks Thapa for the ball to be played to him off the corner.
He tries a weird flick which bounces off him and goes out.
India thought they had two corners but the official consults the linesman and signals for a goal-kick.

58' Anirudh Thapa takes on for the team to win a free-kick for India.
Sunil Chhetri lines up to take it......
Oh no.
Well, it goes way above.

55' DENIED BY THE BAR!
So unlucky.
Great work by India. Jeje to Sunil and then he finds Udanta on the right. The Manipuri winger fires goalward but it bounces off the crossbar and rolls away.
Why does this happen only to India?

53' NEARLY! SO NEAR!
Thapa's free-kick is not cleared and the ball falls to Jeje at the edge of the box.
Jeje tries to poke it into the goal like the way he scored against Thailand but this one is just inches wide.

52' The goal-scorer Khalfan Mubarak receives treatment after receiving an elbow by Ashique during their tussle for possession. India's momentum halted.
Yellow - Ashique Kuruniyan (India)

50' Subhasish Bose gets two tackles wrong and that allows Bandar to surge forward but Anas gets a nice sliding tackle in to rescue India.
Better from the defender after the first-half blunder.

48' Jeje's first-touch off that miscued clearance by Khalifa Mubarak doesn't go down so well. Against Thailand, Jeje had scored 2 minutes after coming on. India need a similar performance now.

46' Sunil Chhetri delivers a pep talk for India and Jeje Lalpekhlua joins the team as the replacement for Halicharan Narzary.
OFF - Narzary
ON - Jeje

And that's half-time at Abu Dhabi. Khalfan provides UAE coach Alberto Zaccheroni a lifeline with that wonderful finish off the mistake by Anas Edathodika.
India could have taken the lead twice in the game but Eisa stood strong against the efforts of Ashique Kuruniyan and Sunil Chhetri to deny the Blue Tigers.
All hope is not lost yet. India struck three against Thailand in the second half and we could expect a similar display in the next 45. Stay tuned.

Two minutes added.
How disappointed are you with that momentary lapse of concentration by Anas?

45' Clash of the heads as Sandesh and Ismail Mohamed both go for the ball.
Ismail is on the ground bleeding but the physios are treating him. He's stretchered off but could return after the break.

43' CLOSE!
India respond well with Sunil Chhetri making the run from behind the defenders. He frees himself to the right side of the box and tries to find the far corner but it's just wide of the goal.

41' WHAT HAS HAPPENED? UAE TAKE THE LEAD due to India's recklenssness.
Sheer disbelief as India fail to handle a counter. Two defenders are there. Anas waits for Sandesh to clear it and Mabkhout finds Khalfan, who chips to the top-left corner. A neat finish from Khalfan Mubarak and all the good work that India did over the last 40 minutes has been wasted.

39' UAE try to break the India way with a long ball. Al Hammadi tries to get past the defenders but Sandesh Jhingan runs along and prevents him from taking a shot. Gurpreet collects.

38' SIDE-NETTING!
A dangerous cross from Alhasan Saleh is directed at Khalfan but the midfielder can't make contact. The UAE player makes amends by winning the ball at the right side of the box and poking at goal. He manages to hit the side-netting.

35' UAE have 2 set-pieces with Udanta fouling Al Hammadi.
The first free-kick by Khalfan is headed away by Halicharan Narzary. Then, it's a simple clearance for Pronay Halder off a poorly taken flag-kick.

32' Both sides play a couple of wayward passes to give away the possession. Al Hammadi breaks on the counter after a long-range effort from Sunil Chhetri. Esmaeel has a go from 25 yards out but it's way over the bar.

28' Sunil Chhetri plays another smart through-ball to Ashique and the youngster unleashes pace but Ismaeel Ahmed is stronger and stretches out his leg to force a corner.
India try a similar routine with Thapa and Pronay but the cross by Pronay has no takers.

26' Danger at the other end meanwhile as Udanta gets nutmugged embarrassingly by Alhasan Saleh. The cross comes in but Anas Edathodika clears away the danger.

23' GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAA-BLOCKED!
Sunil Chhetri runs in between the two central defenders, gets to the cross from Anirudh Thapa and heads it nicely. The attempt is quite strong and accurate too. But Eisa jumps in.
The stadium almost erupted in celebration. This is another of those 'what if' moments. Good reaction by Eisa though.

22' India's play seems to be frustrating UAE and Ali Mabkhout fires from 35 yards out and nowhere close to the goal.

19' UAE slow down the tempo now and are building the play patiently.
Imagine what could have been had Ashique converted that chance a couple of minutes ago....

16' Pronay Halder fails twice to find Udanta at the right flank. Referee too intercepts a pass but India are unable to make anything of it.

12' Anirudh Thapa plays a corner short to Pronay, who holds the ball to play it again for Thapa down the flank. The midfielder drops it to the centre of the box sweetly for Jhingan but the defender's header flows wide again.

11' BLOCKED!
Eisa stands between Ashique and the goal after a wonderful through-ball by Sunil Chhetri. The FC Pune City winger, playing as a forward now, fires a left-footer into the corner but Eisa makes a brilliant save to deny India.

10' THOSE LONG BALLS ARE BACK.
But they seem to be working well for India because it's being played from goalkeeper Gurpreet and towards Udanta Singh, who unleashes his pace and runs behind the defender.
One of them falls nicely to Ashique Kuruniyan after an aerial duel and the young attacker hits off the volley to test Eisa.

8' HUGE CHANCE AND IT'S WASTED!
Sandesh Jhingan has a free header off that corner but he glances the ball agonisingly wide.

7' Good work by Udanta at the flank, fighting off two UAE players, including their captain Al Hammadi. The ball then falls to Pritam Kotal but the full-back's cut-back is blocked and India have a corner.

6' India might feel undone.
Goalkeeper Eisa charges out, does a back-heel and prevents India from taking a quick throw-in since he's out of position. The referee warns him but that should have been a yellow to the UAE custodian.

5' Most of UAE's attack is originating from the flanks.
But there's one long ball from the centre-back to Khalfan Mubarak but Gurpreet gets there first.

2' Full stretch.
Gurpreet ventures out to punch away a cross from the deep by Al Hammadi.
UAE have already made three chances in the first two minutes.

1' UAE start the proceedings here and we're set for a thrilling match. India, dressed in the brand new blue jersey while the hosts are playing with whites.
The captain's armband is back with Sunil Chhetri, the one true leader of the team.

The players are walking out onto the pitch.
Jana Gana Mana first before the big match...