KOLKATA: It was the penultimate minute of the five minutes that had been added on with Churchill Brothers sitting on a 1-0 advantage thanks to Willis Plaza's early goal and looking set to do the double on East Bengal in this ILeague.
However, the script had a dramatic twist as the visiting side's
Suresh Meitei
brought down second-half substitute
Ansumana Kromah inside the box.
Jaime Santos
stepped up to take the resulting spot-kick and after his effort was kept away by
James Kithan
, the Spaniard reacted in time to slam home the rebound and bring home a point for his side.
East Bengal, who wasted quite a few chances, stretched their unbeaten run to four matches as they moved up to 19 points from 14 matches.
Gokulam held
Gokulam Kerala missed a sitter shortly before full-time as they were held 1-1 by Punjab FC in the I-League at the Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode on Saturday.
Substitute
Shibil Muhammed
and
Marcus Joseph
were presented with a golden opportunity in the dying moments when a counter set them through with a hapless
Kiran Limbu
, the Punjab goalkeeper, the only person to beat.
Earlier, Dipanda Dicka had put the visitors ahead from defender
Mohamed Irshad
's sloppy defending in the 34th minute. Punjab returned the favour when goalkeeper Limbu, who had been excellent for the most part, let a routine strike from Nathaniel Garcia through his legs in the 63rd minute.
Results: Real Kashmir 2 (Robertson 36', Higginbotham 54') drew with Aizwal 2 Rochharzela 84' pen, Rochharzela 87'); East Bengal 1 (Santos 90+5) drew with Churchill Brothers 1 (Plaza 10'); Gokulam 1 (Garcia 63') drew with Punjab 1 (Dipanda 34').
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