Northeast United beat Kerala Blasters by a solitary goal from Koke

Northeast United beat Kerala Blasters FC in the second match of Hero Indian Super League played at Indira Ghandi Stadium Guwahati today.

45th minute goal from Spaniard Koke was enough for the Northeast united to mark the day in favor of them.

Kerala Blasters started the match brightly and they could keep the superiority through out the match.But the Kerala Blasters could not transform dominance over the Northeast united into goals.

Captain Penn Orji had a great day and he was seen as a source of power for Kerala Blasters with his great touches and creativity at the midfield.Canadian International midfielder Ian Hume was a great player to watch for team Blasters and he has created number of goal scoring opportunities for Blasters at the right wing.

Ian Hume even netted in the 16th minute of the match but was denied as offside.Kerala had  major portion of possession and more shorts but it was not enough for them to get a goal.

Durga Boro,the local boy made a fantastic long range effort to the goal but Kerala Blasters FC goal keeper the experienced David James rescue it by absolutely incredible save which got him 'Swift Moment of the Match' award.

Just after Boro's effort ,it was Sergio Pardo ,commonly known as Koke who took advantage of poor clearance by Kerala Blasters defence and left no chance for KBFC goal keeper David james and that was the lone goal in the match.

Team Kerala introduced Micheal Chopra and Andrew Barisic in place of James Mackallister and Stephen Pearson respectively.

While NorthEast united substituted injured Durga Boro by Milan Singh.But it could not prevent the continues attack of Kerala Blasters towards Northeast United goal.

Team Kerala seemed better team on the ball and have had number of goals scoring chances especially in the second half after the introduction of Indian origin English player Micheal Chopra.His brilliant effort in the 70th minute after gets past couple of defenders was saved by 2010 world cupper and Greece international goal keeper Alexandrose Tzorvas.He was elected as the Hero of the match for his brilliant game of display in front of the Northeast United net.

Korean substitute Do Dong Hyun almost made a 2 null lead for Northeast united in the dying minutes of the match after taking advantage of KBFC's defensive  error but he could not get past their keeper David James,who has the record of most clean sheets in English Premier League.The Korean was seen as speedy man on the ball and could do wonder for the team in coming matches.

Northeast United to face Atletico de Kolkata on 16th at home while Kerala Blasters face Chennaiyin FC on 21st this month at Chennai with a hope to coming back to the competition with a win.