ISL | Lalbiaknia secures a draw for NorthEast United

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Lalbiaknia, left, scored conscionable  4  minutes aft  coming on.

Lalbiaknia, left, scored conscionable 4 minutes aft coming on. | Photo Credit: J. Allen Egenuse

A good portion of accomplishment from Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia helped NorthEast United FC unafraid a 1-1 gully against Bengaluru FC successful an ISL clash astatine the Sree Kanteerava Stadium present connected Sunday.

Lalbiaknia made an instant interaction aft coming connected successful the 64th minute. The NorthEast striker controlled a agelong shot from Asheer Akhtar with a deft archetypal touch, earlier unleashing a almighty onslaught to bushed BFC custodian Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. Lalbiaknia’s objective decorativeness was successful opposition to the shots deed by his nervy teammates, who missed chances aplenty.

Earlier successful the evening, the location squad drew archetypal humor done a fantastic idiosyncratic effort from Braian Sanchez. In the 19th minute, the Argentine midfielder chopped to his close and glided past his markers.

Sanchez finished the determination with a low, hard onslaught from extracurricular the 18-yard box, which nestled into the bottommost near corner.

The match, played successful beforehand of 13,000-odd boisterous fans, witnessed respective attacking plays from some teams. Parthib Gogoi’s effort from adjacent scope successful the opening minute, Michel Zabaco’s header and M.S. Jithin’s almighty changeable kept the visiting team’s hopes live successful the archetypal half.

NEUFC came adjacent successful the 62nd infinitesimal erstwhile Jairo Samperio latched connected to a done ball, but erstwhile again, the prime of the decorativeness was not up to the mark. At the different end, BFC astir recovered a precocious victor via Ryan Williams, whose effort bounced disconnected the crossbar.

The result: Bengaluru FC 1 (Braian Sanchez 19) drew with NorthEast United FC 1 (Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia 68).

Published - February 22, 2026 09:12 p.m. IST

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