ISL 2018-19 | ATK vs NorthEast United FC | Live Commentary, Updates & Results

After that much-deserved win for NorthEast, ATK lie rock bottom as they have two losses in two games. NorthEast have their first win of the season, and their first win for Kolkata since 2015.

We move from Kolkata to the sea of yellow in Kochi tomorrow. Manjappada, are you ready? Kerala Blasters take on Mumbai City tomorrow at 7:30pm IST. Do join us for that one. Until then, this is Aaditya Narayan bidding adieu. Good night!

90+6' PEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPP! NorthEast United FC have their first win of ISL 2018-19

That is a completely deserved win for NorthEast against an ATK side that, once again, didn't create enough or even try to create enough. They made things difficult for themselves, after Sena Ralte was sent off midway through the first half with a couple of stupid bookable offenses.

After the break, the theme was rather constant. NorthEast dominated possession, but never enough to threaten ATK enough. Johnson was also repelling everything that went towards him. But Rowllin Borges stepped up, moved away from El Maimouni who was marking him from a corner, and got the goal that decided the game.

Two losses in two for ATK and plenty for Steve Coppell to worry about.

90+6' Chance for Johnson! Uche holds it up really well and puts it into the box, where the big Englishman is waiting. But his looping header is comfortable for Rehenesh to claim.

90+4' We've just gone past the four added minutes, but some time will be added on. Play is stopped for an injury to Reagan Singh, during that scrap which happened from the corner.

90+3' Free-kick for ATK, that El Maimouni will take. He puts it in, but it is deflected away for a corner. The corner is into the box, and there's an almighty scrap for it after Rehenesh fumbles his catch. Pronay Halder got the final shot on it, but it was blocked at close range.

90+1' That was a chance for ATK. Komorski clears a hoof into the box with Everton just lurking around him. That corner is taken by Ricky, but there's nothing that comes off it.

90+1' Final substitution for ATK, as Balwant goes off.

ON - Hitesh Sharma
OFF - Balwant Singh

89' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!! ROWLLIN BORGES HAS SURELY SCORED THE WINNER FOR NORTHEAST!

That is awful defending from the corner. Borges was being marked, but got away from El Maimouni far too easily, and this is a deserved goal for them. They are heading for their first win of the season.

88' NorthEast are moving it around at a snail's pace now. They need to move it faster if they want to trouble this ATK defense. Just two minutes to go.

87' NorthEast have well and truly run out of ideas in the second half. When they have managed to string together any meaningful attacks, they have found an English man-mountain one step ahead of them in their way.

85' What a chance for Ogbeche from the corner! Puitea floats it in, and Arindam comes but gets underneath it. Ogbeche just has to put his header on target but he puts it well over the bar.

84' Puitea cuts in and looks to play Ogbeche through on goal. Johnson is in the way again. This routine of Johnson being the Wall is not uncommon in the southern part of India. The home of Indian football is seeing it today.

82' Almost! Who denies NorthEast? It's that guy Johnson again! A couple of lucky ricochets mean Gallego is free on the right flank. He plays it across the box, and from right underneath his own net, Johnson clears it behind for a corner. Ogbeche was lurking just behind him and would have tapped it in if Johnson had not made contact.

81' NorthEast make their final change, as Puitea comes on for Nikhil

ON - Lalthathanga Khawlhring
OFF - Nikhil Kadam

79' Once again, NorthEast just cannot get past Johnson. Gallego gets past two men in midfield and runs towards the byline. He looks to cut it back for Ogbeche but Johnson is there to put it away for a corner.

78' Stop the press! ATK have a shot on target! Stop the press! Balwant strides forward on the break and plays it through to Uche. His left-footed shot dribbles through to Rehenesh, who has to wake up from his ATK-induced sleep to catch that ball.

76' Lanza is booked, for taking too much time to leave the pitch.

76' Attacking change from ATK, as Kalu Uche comes on for the last 15 minutes.

ON - Kalu Uche
OFF - Manuel Lanzarote

75' Another NorthEast attack breaks down, as Gerson heads Nikhil's cross away. Everton holds it up really well, and plays it through to Lanza, but his attempted pass to Balwant is easily read by Grgic, and NorthEast can go again.

73' That is another awful final ball from NorthEast. They really look bereft of ideas. Johnson and Gerson have largely held firm at the back, and NorthEast aren't getting enough men forward. Despite all their possession, Ogbeche has been the only man in the box almost always. They need to get more bodies in the box and grab this winner, because this ATK side is there for the taking.

71' Now Johnson is a lucky lucky boy. He dwells on the ball for too long, and then gets it caught under his feet. Nikhil pounces on the error and the ball ricochets to Ogbeche, but Arindam is alert off his line, and he's thumped that clear.

69' "Their supporters really expect a lot from ATK," says John Helm on air. If their expectation is a cure for insomnia, they are getting it in good measure out here.

68' HOW HAS JOHNSON MISSED THAT? Brilliant free-kick from Lanzarote into the middle of the six-yard box. The Englishman is there and in space, but his flicked header is just wide of the target. It would have been the most undeserved goal ever had it gone in, but he should really have scored.

67' Second NorthEast change of the day, as Robert goes off.

ON - Provat Lakra
OFF - Robert Lalthlamuana

67' ATK have a free-kick. Komorski brings Lanza down. Another opportunity from a dead-ball to bring the big boys like Johnson and Gerson into the action.

66' Why, NorthEast, just why? They are gifted the ball in the final third, but they're just too slow to spring at the ATK defense. Gallego runs in towards the box, but he shows too much of it to Johnson who has cleared that into Row Z.

65' NorthEast look rather bereft of ideas. ATK's only idea here has been to lull NorthEast into sleep with a most boring brand of football.

64' Another decent passage of play for NorthEast, and they find Okrah on the left flank. He puts in a low cross but that man Johnson is there again to clear it away easily.

61' NorthEast make their first change of the day, and it's an offensive one. They bring a winger on for a defensive midfielder.

ON - Augustine Okrah
OFF - Jose Leudo

61' Fantastic from Everton! He decides to take matters into his own hands, given the awful passing around him. He strides away 60 yards on the right flank and wins a throw-in, as Komorski puts in a brilliant tackle.

59' You know what ATK need the most here? Not Steve Coppell, not Wally Downes. Someone who tells these players that the ball is meant to be passed to someone wearing the same colours as you are. It's been painful to watch them again.

56' Decent pressure from NorthEast, who look to release Reagan on the right side. Ricky is alive to his presence and takes no chances, as he concedes a throw.

54' Johnson is booked. Nikhil looks to spring away on the counter, but he is unceremoniously taken down by Johnson on the halfway line. Clear booking.

54' El Maimouni takes, and it's cleared away easily. ATK can build again.

53' This time Lanza's corner dips straight towards goal, but Rehenesh gets just enough on it. Or did he? It looked like it hit the bar, but the referee gives another corner, on the left side this time.

53' Another corner for ATK, as Lanza's corner towards Balwant is cleared behind by Leudo.

53' Lanza almost! Brilliant ball over the top from Ricky and Lanza stretches at the far post to get something on it, towards goal. Rehenesh diverts it away for a corner. Lanza strides across to take it.

52' El Maimouni takes an in-swinging corner from the left. Rehenesh punches out.

50' Nikhil takes the corner but it's easily cleared by the ATK defense. ATK then spring on the counter with Lanza. He plays Balwant through, but Gallego tracks back brilliantly and denies Balwant and concedes a corner.

50' Chance! Gallego gets in behind the ATK defense, after he took Johnson down. That should be an ATK free kick, but the referee gives a corner after Gerson plays it behind. That is an awful decision.

48' NorthEast keeping possession decently again. But you know that ATK will now put everybody behind the ball. In general, you'd rather watch paint dry than a Steve Coppell side. It's only amplified now that they're down to ten men.

46' PEEEEEEEEEPP! And we're off with the second half.

That was a very weird half. Both teams had considerable spells where they were decent in possession, but both teams have been rather pathetic in the final third. Rehenesh should've seen red early in the game for a slap on Gerson. Sena Ralte saw red for two daft challenges. The referee has been card happy too, dishing out a total of five bookings in the half. It was a stop-start half, and for the neutral, it is more hope than optimism that the second-half would be better as a spectacle.

We'll be back in a bit with the second half from the Salt Lake.

47+2' PEEEEEEEEEEP! Mr. Nagvenkar's whistle goes to his mouth, and that signals the end of the first period. It is still goalless in Kolkata.

45+2' NorthEast have a corner now, they play it short to Leudo. It goes back to Gallego, but his cross is charged down by Khongjee.

45=1' There's two minutes to be added on at the end of the first half.

45' Saved! The free-kick, from 25 yards out is struck well by Lanza, who gets his shot on target. But that's a comfortable save for Rehenesh.

44' ATK have a free-kick as Grgic hacks Lanza down. The centre-back is booked.

43' Good pressure from NorthEast. Ricky wants too much time on the ball deep in his own half, and the pressure from Tlang and Reagan forces him out of play.

41' Right now, ATK need Johnson and Gerson to stand tall. They have for most of the 130 or so minutes in the league thus far, but with a man down, it's important the two centre-backs take command and keep the opposition at bay.

ISL 2018-19 | ATK vs NorthEast United FC | Live Commentary, Updates & Results

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