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Dominant Hyderabad FC beat East Bengal 4-0 to go top

Jan 25, 2022 by Gouri 0 Comments #Bartholomew Ogbeche, #East Bengal, #Goa:, #Hyderabad FC, #Javi Siverio, #Laxmikant Kattimani, #Marcelo Ribeiro, #Vasco

Vasco, Goa: After a long break, Hyderabad FC were back to their best at the Tilak Maidan, as they put four past SC East Bengal, to reclaim the top spot in the Indian Super League table in style on Monday night.

Bartholomew Ogbeche scored first with his head (21’), rounded the keeper and tapped it in with his left (44’) and capped off a memorable night with a brilliant strike with his right (74’) to register a perfect hat-trick, his first this season in the ISL.

Manolo Marquez’s men were dominant right from the start and had plenty of arrays into the final third but it was a Souvik Chakrabarti corner that broke the deadlock. The ball in was perfect for Ogbeche, who found the back of the net after a deflection.

The hosts did manage to find a footing in the game and forced Laxmikant Kattimani and Joao Victor to make goal-line blocks as the half grew on. But Ogbeche barged through the SCEB centre-back pairing, rounded Arindam and scored in style to take Hyderabad 2-0 up just before half-time.

Minutes later Aniket Jadhav added to it with a smart finish at the end of his trademark run and cut-in from the left. The youngster has been coming close to scoring in the last couple of games and finally found the far corner with precision to take HFC into the break with a 3-goal lead.

Ogbeche finally completed his hat-trick, the first of his time with Hyderabad, with a thumping finish from just inside the box in the 74th minute. He is now the record goalscorer of the club with 12 goals to his name, going past Aridane Santana’s tally of 10.

A blatant dive from Marcelo Ribeiro saw East Bengal win a late spot-kick but Laxmikant Kattimani was determined to hold on to his clean sheet as he denied Franjo Prce from six yards out.

Javi Siverio came close to scoring on a few occasions while the likes of Nikhil Poojary, Hitesh Sharma and Souvik Chakrabarti ran the show all over the field. Asish Rai was immense on the flank while Joao Victor and Chinglensana Konsham made sure the hosts registered just five shots on target all game.

Hyderabad moves back to the top of the table with this win and is level on points with Kerala Blasters. Manolo’s men have 20 points from 12 games and will look to carry this momentum till the end of the season.

They are back in action when they take on Odisha on Thursday, January 27, at the Tilak Maidan in Vasco.

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Hyderabad held to 1-1 draw by East Bengal

Dec 24, 2021 by Gouri 0 Comments #Aaren, #Aaren D’Silva, #Aniket, #Aniket Jadhav, #East Bengal, #HFC, #Hyderabad, #Javi Siverio, #Nikhil Poojary, #Sahil Tavora

Hyderabad FC put in another strong performance at Bambolim but managed to secure only a single point from their tricky clash against SC East Bengal on Thursday. This was HFC’s third stalemate of the season and their second in as many games.

Amir Dervisevic (20’) was on the scoresheet for the visitors while Bart Ogbeche (35’) was back among the goals for Manolo Marquez’s side on a tough night at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim.

With this point, Hyderabad moves to 2nd place in the Indian Super League points table, three points adrift of Mumbai City at the top of the pile.

Having made a couple of changes to his side, both at the back, Hyderabad started slowly and failed to find a foothold early in the game.

A giveaway in the middle of the park and a foul just outside the box gave the visitors their first real chance on goal. And Dervisevic made no mistake as his thumping freekick was too good for Laxmikant Kattimani on goal.

But after the drinks break Hyderabad found some momentum and finally scored the equalizer. Aniket Jadhav’s inch-perfect cross saw Bart Ogbeche rise high and finish in style. This was the Nigerian star’s sixth goal of the season, as he increased his lead at the top of the goal scoring charts in this season’s Indian Super League.

Hyderabad continued to press for a winner on either side of the break, with Sahil Tavora, Aaren D’Silva and Javi Siverio introduced into the game. Manolo also gave Abdul Rabeeh an Indian Super League debut in search of a late winner but his side could not find the back of the net till the final whistle.

Aaren, Aniket and Nikhil Poojary all had a few half-chances that they failed to convert while Kattimani at the other end remained relatively untroubled apart from a few set-piece situations.

Rabeeh added some impetus to the HFC attack that resulted in a couple of late corners, the second of which was almost headed in by Bart Ogbeche with what was the final kick of the game.

East Bengal managed the game, constantly slowing it down and giving HFC no chance to gather any tempo and walked away with a point. Hyderabad FC, though, extend their unbeaten run to six games and will also move back to the second place with 12 points from seven games.

Hyderabad FC is back in action when they take on Odisha FC on Tuesday, 28 December, in a home game in Bambolim.