East Bengal suffer jolt in title race with 1-1 Churchill draw

East Bengal suffer jolt in title race with 1-1 Churchill draw

Kolkata: East Bengal failed to level points with leaders Chennai City FC after playing a 1-1 draw against fellow title aspirant Churchill Brothers in an I-League match at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, here on Sunday.

The league's top scorer Willis Plaza fired the visitors ahead in the 68th minute to take his tally to 18 goals. But Kassim Aidara pulled one back (78th) 10 minutes later to push the red and golds to second spot with 32 points from 16 matches.

Real Kashmir FC, scheduled to take on defending champions Minerva Punjab FC on Monday at home, have the same number of points with East Bengal but have inferior goal difference. On head to head count, they played a 1-1 draw here in December last year.

Churchill Brothers handed a debut to just-signed Cote D'Ivoire forward Christ Remi who replaced injured Dawda Ceesay in the squad. East Bengal's Spanish coach Alejandro Menendez named the same XI, which thrashed Shillong Lajong FC 5-0 in their last match here. IANS

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