Udanta's late strike helps Bengaluru beat Dynamos

A late strike from Udanta Singh helped Bengaluru FC beat Delhi Dynamos by a solitary goal and top the Indian Super League table on Monday.

The home side survived onslaughts from Delhi Dynamos before Udanta struck the lone goal in the 87th minute to win the match for his captain Sunil Chhetri who was playing the 150th game for the club.

Bengaluru FC are now on the top of the ISL table with 19 points from seven games, while it seemed all but over for Delhi Dynamos as they remained rooted at the bottom without registering a win from nine games.

Bengaluru FC started with four foreigners in the absence of the injured Miku and suspended Dimas Delgado. Erik Paartalu recovered in time to be named on the bench.

The first opportunity fell for the home team when Chhetri latched onto a long ball. However, Pritam Kotal recovered well to cover him off with the advancing Albino Gomes clearing the ball.

Delhi completey dominated the first half but failed to find the goal.

After Delhi had the better of the chances in the first half, Bengaluru fashioned the first chance of the second. Udanta was set free on the right and the winger squared the ball for Chhetri inside the box. But the 34year-old scuffed his attempted shot wide.

With four minutes of regulation time left, Bengaluru found themselves in the lead after a mix-up in the Delhi defence. A loose ball after a Bengaluru move broke down was not cleared properly. It finally fell to Udanta Singh who saw a stinging grounder go in off the post after taking a deflection off Marti Crespi.

The Blues maintained the lead till the end to notch up their sixth win in seven games.