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The towering Nsungusi Effiong proved excessively blistery to grip for Bengaluru FC (BFC). The gangly striker, blessed with some spot and speed, scored a brace to springiness Punjab FC a 2-0 triumph implicit BFC successful an ISL brushwood astatine the Sree Kanteerava Stadium present connected Friday.
The visitant recorded its maiden triumph successful 2 matches, portion BFC suffered its archetypal decision successful 3 games.
Effiong ran riot successful the archetypal half, bullying defenders Nikhil Poojari and K. Chinglensana into submission. The BFC partition cracked successful the 20th minute, erstwhile Effiong climbed implicit his marker to conscionable a transverse from Manglenthang Kipgen.
Effiong’s beardown header bushed BFC goalkeeper Gurpreet Sandhu astatine the adjacent post.
The Nigerian doubled the pb with a composed decorativeness successful the 32nd. After being dispossessed successful midfield, BFC was dilatory to get backmost successful defence. Dani Ramirez recovered Effiong with a neat pass, who produced a left-footed onslaught from the borderline of the container which rocketed past Sandhu.
A hopeless BFC, physically and tactically outplayed, brought Sunil Chhetri, Sirojiddin and Haobam Meetei connected successful the 2nd half.
The changes made the location squad much cohesive, and enabled it support possession for longer periods.
The assemblage gasped successful daze successful the 59th erstwhile Chhetri squandered the easiest of chances successful beforehand of an unfastened goal. That was the closest BFC came to getting connected the scoresheet.
The results: Bengaluru FC 0 mislaid to Punjab FC 2 (Nsungusi Effiong 20, 32).
At Kolkata: East Bengal FC 1 (Edmund Larindika 41) mislaid to Jamshedpur FC 2 (Stephen Eze 61, Rei Tachikawa 87).
